That evening we had the opportunity to invite all the researchers that we are working with to a dinner at a local restaurant. The researchers are part of both the Makgadikgadi Research team and the Central Kalahari Game Reserve Predator Prey Research team, which includes Denver Zoo's current post-doc, Dr. Glyn Maude. Together these teams conduct research on a few key species such as African wild dogs, lions and brown hyenas and look at the predator- prey relationship between these species and the conflict these predators encounter with local farmer's and their livestock. November 6, 2011 We left Maun in the morning and got a flight to the city of Kasane. Kasane is a small city and the meeting point for four countries: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is also the northern gateway to Chobe National Park, one of Botswana's first national parks and filled with an abundance of wildlife. The purpose of the visit was to meet a fellow

colleague who runs a youth center located in Kasane. The youth center is a place designated for children to visit where they receive a meal, snack and can engage in a variety of educational and conservation themed activities. The youth center located in Kasane is a good model for potential youth centers that we are hoping to establish with a partner organization, SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund. In the afternoon we took a group of students into Chobe National Park, to educate them on the importance of wildlife and preserving natural habitats. The children experienced an afternoon filled with elephants, elephants and more elephants! There were herds of elephants in the forest and near the water, as it was dry season and due to the lack of rain, all the animals were hanging around the Chobe River in anticipation of the rains to come. Once the rain would come, the animals would retreat back into the forest, making it harder to see them. Along with elephants, the children giraffe, zebra, sable antelope, impala, warthogs, hippos, crocodiles, baboons and