{"id":262,"date":"2020-05-16T06:08:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T06:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wildleopard.net\/?p=262"},"modified":"2020-05-21T11:25:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T11:25:46","slug":"quick-update-as-antisnare-the-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildleopard.net\/index.php\/2020\/05\/16\/quick-update-as-antisnare-the-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick update as #AntiSnare the focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The predicted poaching spike with much of the world locked down during the pandemic has become an awful reality.  At the moment here on the ground we&#8217;re very much focused on #AntiSnare which includes the use of LeopardEye as one of our main tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be honest the levels of poaching\/logging are even worse than we thought it would be, this has meant that everything else has had to go on the backburner but as I&#8217;ll explain when the time is right the monitoring of people and wildlife in key areas for coexistence strategy is unfortunately very much linked to understanding illegal activity in those places as well.  We&#8217;re working hard in conjunction with authorities to combat the problem which is not easy as lockdown restrictions make logistics more difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll personally <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tweet (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jackkinross\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a> and post at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Facebook (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jackkinross\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> at times as well but please follow our main Twitter feed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wildtigernews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"@WildTigerNews (opens in a new tab)\">@WildTigerNews<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps this post at Facebook I made today sums up our general feeling during this time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjackkinross%2Fposts%2F3367696106573972&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"466\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And appended today, 19 May 2020, as more reports come in:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjackkinross%2Fposts%2F3377750395568543&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"584\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Finally for now, appended 21 May 2020, as recent data tells us about some interesting big cat dispersal as nature has room to move during lockdown:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And to finish re these tweets, yeah, I don&#39;t know what&#39;s happening with the virus where we are, and yeah, in every aspect of life people tell you different things &#8230; but data, it can tell real stories&#8230;<br><br>&#8230;and wildlife is spreading out.<br><br>We have to listen to that, we have to. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m1ahrTcaYw\">pic.twitter.com\/m1ahrTcaYw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jack Kinross (@JackKinross) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JackKinross\/status\/1263428326753832960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The predicted poaching spike with much of the world locked down during the pandemic has become an awful reality. At the moment here on the ground we&#8217;re very much focused on #AntiSnare which includes the use of LeopardEye as one of our main tools. 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