Biodiversity Wine Initiative South Africa and porcupine tracking!

by | Jul 1, 2015 | Land and Biodiversity | 0 comments

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/ ©: The Porcupine Quest

Porcupine Quest
© The Porcupine Quest
THE PORCUPINE QUEST
Ever wondered what porcupines get up to? Where they go, where they feed, shelter, mate and socialize? The owners of Boekenhoutskloof wine farm in the Franschhoek valley are so interested in the elusive little creature that features on their wine label that they established the Porcupine Quest to help sponsor porcupine research. Sixteen porcupines have been fitted with GPS collars that send information over the cellphone network to PhD student Cindy Bragg. She is doing a four-year study on porcupines through the University of Cape Town to better understand their role in widely differing Cape ecosystems – from Franschhoek to Nieuwoudtville to the Kalahari.To track the porcupines see:

www.porcupinequest.com

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