Animal Census 2009 - 2012

[Bush Brat]

Hi guys, I was looking for some pics of animals from Kruger for my computer and happened to stumble along a website that had all the animal censuses in Kruger on it. After reading it I realised how much all the animal numbers have changed, and not just rhinos, ellies, lions and all the other endangered animals but even impala!

Kruger Wildlife Census
2009 - 2012

African Buffalo
27,000 - 30, 000

African Wild Dog
150 - 300

Black Rhinoceros
350 - 350

White Rhinoceros
12,000 - 4, 500

Zebra
18, 000 - 17, 000

Bushbuck
500 - 1, 500
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Cheetah
120 - 200

Eland
500 - 750

Giraffe
6, 000 - 5, 000

Kudu
6, 000 - 8, 000

Hippopotamus
3,000 - 3, 000

Lion
3000 - 1, 500

Leopard
2,000 - 900

Spotted Hyena
2,000 - 2, 000

Elephant
12, 000 - 8, 500

Waterbuck
5,000 - 4, 000

Wildebeest
10, 000 - 17, 000

Impala
1,500,000 - 160, 000

Nyala
1, 200 - 800

Mountain Reedbuck
200 - 150

Roan
300 - 300

Sable
2, 500 - 2, 000

Warthog
4, 000 - 3, 000

[Sprocky]

Those figures don't make sense to me at all????

Elephant numbers according to this are down?? Why would there then be talk of culling??

Black Rhino remained the same?? When was this census carried out, if ever??

Buffalo increased, even with TB taking it's toll??

[Duke]

BB have you got a link to the website. Numbers don't look right

[Bush Brat]

Hi guys, I got the census for 2009 from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruger_National_Park
And for 2012, I got it from - www.cambalala.com › Things to do & Kruger Park Lodge activities‎

[Toko]

SANParks do publish the animal numbers in the annual reports and there is also stated when the last census was done!

Link to 2012 Report (KNP on page 18), 2013 does not have these figures

If you have a look, most of the "census" data are from 2010

[Bush Brat]

Looks like I got my info from a faulty website - thanks for you info Toko!

[nan]

Bush Brat you can do a new one
very interesting

I was so happy to see Wild Dogs and Cheetahs increase

[Richprins]

Ja...the numbers have been guesswork for many years now!