project updates

Pygmy Hippo

Pygmy Hippo Update – Lisa Rijkers

Hi everyone, my name is Lisa Rijkers, a Master Animal Science student at Wageningen University & Research with a specialisation ...
Pygmy Hippo

Pygmy hippo pooh – will the smell give us the answers?

The preparation of the field data collection mission started with the purchase of field equipment, the refilling of nitrogen cylinders ...
African Wild Dog

Update Conservation Dogs project

Already underway for several months and what a progress we have made! The detection dogs were initially trained with one ...
African Wild Dog

Calming Scents: Validating perception of a novel appeasing pheromone for use in African wild dog management

Earlier this year our valuable collaborators at IRSEA were busy developing a new canid appeasing pheromone spray for use in ...
Pygmy Hippo

Expedition in Tai forest to collect pygmy hippo pooh samples for gender analyis by conservation detection dogs: will the smell give us the answers?

The preparation of the field data collection mission started with the purchase of field equipment, the refilling of nitrogen cylinders ...
African Wild Dog

African Wild Dog Research Update – Lab work in Australia at James Cook University

The last year has not been what we all expected due to the COVID-19 pandemic and much of our original ...
Pygmy Hippo

Detection Dogs Assisting Conservation Management of the Endangered Pygmy Hippo by their Smell

My name is Mariska Snelleman and I am delighted to join the team of IBREAM. I am very excited at ...
Pygmy Hippo

Meet Estefania, IBREAM’s newest Pygmy Hippo PhD student: Estefania plans to unravel several secrets of the pygmy hippopotamus

Hello readers of the IBREAM website, I like to introduce myself. I am Estefania Erazo-Mera, another fan of Pygmy hippos ...
African Wild Dog

African Wild Dog Research Update – Lab work in Australia at James Cook University

As the year of 2020 draws to a close I have moved away from the very important research design component ...