Addax news

Bad Addax-news :
Poachers Went After This Amazing Antelope for Fun

 

Planned re-introduction in Chad :

Abu Dhabi races to save wild antelope in Chad

 

This has always been the plan: addax phase II reintroduction project.

 

15 Addaxes released in Chad ( with the help of several zoos and zoological societies ) :

Critically Endangered Addax Antelope in Chad | Saint Louis Zoo

 

The next batch might already be this month! Two are planned for this year!

 

First calves been born in the meantime :

Calves born into Abu Dhabi addax herd in Chad

 

Conservation of the Addax and the oil-sector :

To save the addax antelope, the oil sector and government must work together with conservationists

 

Interestingly this article is written by the director of conservation at Marwell zoo.

 

While this is certainly true, I just like to remind you of these 2 aspects:
a) One of the major supporters of the Sahelian wildlife restoration has been a French oil company Addax Petroleum.

b) The reason the Niger Termit Toumna herds got impacted was Nigerien army security personnel hunting ..., Just to remind us all who killed of that 100+ addax in central Niger (no Islamists, no oil company staff and certainly not local Tuareg or Toubou peoples.

 

Never heard of this, where did you find this out ?

Of course this is very frustrating news to find out.

 

First hand information and personal knowledge of. I have participated in the recent past in various annual Saharan Conservation Fund events. It is as yet not clear how many addax survive in the central and border strips of Niger (and perhaps even Mali). Various methods have been used to track and monitor the addax: I put my hope into drone technology. Secondly, I would love to see some population exchanges in that the Nigerien addax are genetically somewhat off the current captive herds (that originated from the OROA - Chad area).

BTW: the 3 authors of the podcast are very respected science folks. So, I have no arguments with the feature per se. I just wanted to add a couleur locale.

 

That is really interesting to hear @Kifaru Bwana !

I think that this first hand information definitely does add to the discussion about the conservation of the addax.

I just find it incredibly depressing that this illegal hunting was being done by soldiers of a modern army of a Nation state.

 

It has been a while since the last incidents, but yes .. it was quite devastating that in a short span of time the addax herd was significantly impacted. I am not in the know on the latest status for the population, but it appears that which is left have become much more spread out...

 

Roughly how long ago did these incidents happen ?