Pilot Barry de Groot (L) and Robert Stegmann of DEDEAT Objective of the flight:
The objective of this mission was an aerial survey of the coastal conservation area on the Wild Coast to collect data in order to assess the current status of unlawful development.
Objective of the flight: The aim of the flight was to relocate 32 Red-billed Oxpeckers from the Kruger National Park to Mokala National Park as part of the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Operation Oxpecker project. This was the third and last relocation of birds to Mokala National Park to ensure that a sufficient number of birds to establish a founder population has been relocated.
Objective of the flight:
To provide aerial support to the Environmental Crime Investigations Unit of SANParks in order to attend to rhino crime scenes.
Objective of the flight:
The objective of the mission was to locate four collared brown hyaenas in order to download GPS data for the purposes of studying brown hyaena ecology and relationships between brown hyaenas and humans.