Rare & Endangered Species Trust: Protecting Namibia's Vultures and Pangolins

Rare & Endangered Species Trust in Namibia focuses on studying and supporting rare and endangered species, particularly vultures and pangolins. With a mission to find solutions to conservation challenges and maintain biodiversity, the trust highlights the history, crisis, and future prospects for these species. Through initiatives like tagging, ringing, and satellite tracking, efforts are made to secure the survival of these unique animals. Supported by MET, the trust's work extends to conservation actions and monitoring species populations.

• Rare & Endangered Species Trust
• Namibia
• Vultures
• Pangolins
• Conservation

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1. Rare & Endangered Species Trust Our mission To initiate and support the scientific and practical study of rare and endangered species in Namibia, especially developing and facilitating solutions to community, national and international problems with these species, while striving to maintain socio-ecological balance and biodiversity FORGOTTEN 5 History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

2. Namibian vultures Cape Griffon Egyptian Hooded Palmnut Whiteheaded Lappetfaced Whitebacked History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

3. Cape Griffon Vulture Gyps coprotheres 2015 LISTED AS EXTINCT IN NAMIBIA only the 2nd recorded extinction in Namibia 2012, population +-30 2000, population - 12 1950 s, population was 2,000 History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

4. Captures Kansas City Zoo Capture Aviary Linda Millington History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

5. Metamorphics Linda Millington Linda Millington History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

6. Tagging and Ringing History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

7. Satellite Transmitters History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

8. Satelite Data Flight speeds: CGV-30-60 kph All flew over 100 kph Speed increases with altitude Fly between 9:00-18:00 Fastest bird at 127kph Flying heights: Adverge cruising 250-300 m above ground Height increased with heat Home ranges: Sofe 3 mths 3,947 Emperor 3 mths 24,515 History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future Thanks to John Mendelson

9. Vulture restaurants, Camera Traps Numbers -30 WBV 24 4 ad, 20 juv,imm 4 female, 10 male LfV 6 4 ad, 2 juv/imm Arrival 7h09 am Departure 7h24 am Prob all left with 50-100% full crops No other species interaction 3 Warthog arrive at 14h06pm nothing much left to eat No marked birds No visible injuries & appear in good condition History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future Supported by MET

10. Vulture Crisis YEAR FEED Waterberg Plateau Park 2001 9 8 2002 5 REST at Uitsig site 2003 34 2004 42 2005 145 2006 73 2007 205 REST at Okat site 2008 No good data REST at Phoenix site 2009 4 2010 Building 2011 10 2012 24 2013 13 20141 18 Cape griffon Lappet faced vulture White backed vulture VISITS PER # Birds # feeds # birds # feeds 256 79 # birds # feeds 1,068 819 8 6 8 6 133 136 6 56 57 48 27 68 1,370 56 2,236 67 2,164 58 594 1,492 68 7,977 9,675 10,968 4,293 12,008 56 57 48 27 68 142 168 228 159 174 27 9 (building) 117 9 828 9 92 23 47 53 4 277 23 47 53 1,987 2,350 952 178 23 47 53 18 86 50 18 10 521 198 18 History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future Supported by the Disney Conservation Fund

11. Cape Pangolin Smutsia temminckii Population unknown 2015 IUCN declared most illegally trafficked animal in the world. Namibia s cape pangolin is the only of 8 species that can survive in arid regions 2016 CITES upgrades all 8 species to CITES 1 History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

12. Pangolins - captures History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

13. Trackers History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

14. VHF Data Location within 1 km directional beeping Exact location with 100 m History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

15. Garmin & Human Data 189 Days 443:59:04 Hours Adverage 2:35 mins per day 155.68 miles Adverage - 1.22 miles per day Adverage speed 0.4 mph 15,292 human calories burned Approx 15 mins of every hour actually feeding Adverage 15 long & 30 short feeds per hour History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

16. Pangolin crisis Estimated that from 2011 April 2013 = 100,000 pangolins were traded on the black market 2016 As of 19 July 14.5 tonnes of pangolin scales, 345 kg of meat, 413 live pangolins have been seized in Asia 51 Incidents 19 countries 78% from African species History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future Supported by The Body Shop

17. Future of vultures and pangolins VULTURES: Satellite/GPS tracking Establish captive breeding in each SADC country. Public posters in national parks and tour companies for tagged birds Research into lead poisoning levels High penalties for mass poisonings Need for government support PANGOLINS: Develop proper tracking Establish a proper care centre for rehabilitation Continue to push media trend Coordinate MET, Police and welfare orgs with posters Stop releasing confiscated pangolins haphazardly esp in the desert .Increase penalties fitting a CITES 1 species History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

18. FUTURE at REST History * Vultures * Partners * Programmes * Team * Future History * Vultures * Pangolins * Crisis * Future

19. REST 2005 www.RESTafrica.org Face Book Rare & Endangered Species Trust Trusrust