i-cows hit the headlines, as I hit the ground in Botswana!

Jul 22, 2016

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i-cows hit the headlines, as I hit the ground in Botswana!I'm really pleased to report some very positive press on our (yours and my) i-cow idea. This includes the interview I conducted on SkyNews posted below, and lots of printed press articles and radio stories which you can find, if your interested, here on my website. 
 
In other news, your generous donations mean that I have managed to source not one, but three lion radio-collars from Africa Wildlife Tracking! I am waiting for the collars to arrive on site now (probably two-weeks away), but I am extremely excited to get them out on the lions. The data is going to be awesome, so thank you again, and I will hopefully be back soon with more updates...

David Haywood Smith, Monique Van Sluys, and 14 others like this.

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Franco Bellino

Very interesting. Do you have photos of the masks weared in Sunderbands to protect villagers from tigers ?

Jul 24, 20161

Neil R JordanResearcher

Thanks. Not personally no, but here's a link: https://www.google.co.bw/search?q=sundarbans+tiger+mask&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=599&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvrdGL15HOAhVKIMAKHcJSA5QQsAQIJQ

Jul 26, 20160

Kasper Møller AndersenBacker

Hey Neil, you can add this to your list of articles :) http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/viden/naturvidenskab/oejne-paa-ko-bagdele-kan-redde-loever-i-afrika

Jul 23, 20161

Neil R JordanResearcher

Thanks Kasper.

Jul 26, 20160

About This Project

i-cows: can intimidating eye patterns painted onto cows reduce lion attacks?

University of New South Wales

A major reason that lions are in decline is that many are killed every day in retaliation for eating livestock. As ambush predators, lions rely on stalking and surprise, so being seen by their prey usually means they abandon their hunt. In rural Botswana I will test whether painting intimidating eye patterns onto cows hides reduces livestock losses. If successful, this inexpensive tool will help to safeguard the lives of lions and the livelihoods of subsistence farmers alike.