 Botswana |
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 April 2012 |
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 Conservation Education and Outreach in Botswana |
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 Erin Stotz & Molly Maloy |
April 8, 2012
Today I arrived back in Maun after traveling for a total of 22 hours…wow! It felt good to be back in Botswana and this time the weather was more forgiving. Joining me on this trip was my colleague Molly, who was experiencing Botswana for the first time. Together Molly and I will be spending two weeks visiting various communities throughout Botswana and conducting educational activities and conservation outreach.
Denver Zoo has been involved in research in Botswana since 2000, studying a variety of species such as African wild dogs, brown hyeanas, cheetah, lappet-faced vultures and lions. With all the amazing researching being conducted, we decided it would be a great opportunity to begin working with the communities that live so closely next to the wildlife we are studying.
April 9, 2012
"Beep Beep! Today Molly and I had to run errands around Maun to pick up a few supplies that we needed for the next two weeks, one special errand in particular was renting the car we would be using! This was my first experience driving on the
opposite side of the road and using stick shift. I am sure the locals enjoyed watching me stall for the tenth time in a row while drove of donkey’s passed me. While in town we meet up with our team of researchers: Kgmotoso, KT, Rapps, Glyn and
