Tracker Manual
A practical guide to animal tracking in southern Africa
2nd Edition
Published on 1. April 2024
376 pages
978-1-77584-775-5 (ISBN)
Description
Featuring all-new spoor drawings, some 200 new photographs and an extra 35 species, this fully revised and updated edition of the ever-popular Tracker Manualis packed with the latest on the art of tracking. Based on information developed by some of southern Africa's best traditional trackers, Tracker Manual gives even more guidance on how to identify the spoor of some 190 animal species. Individual chapters cover carnivores, large mammals, antelopes, small mammals, primates, hares and rodents, amphibians and reptiles, birds and insects.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
South Africa
Publishing group
Penguin Random House South Africa
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
126,08 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-77584-775-5 (9781775847755)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Alex van den Heever | Karel 'Pokkie' Benadie
Tracker Manual
A Practical Guide to Animal Tracking in Southern Africa
Book
02/2024
2nd Edition
Struik Nature
€25.50
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Persons
Alex van den Heever is general manager of the Tracker Academy. He has spent the last 30 years working in the wildlife tracking and conservation industry in South Africa. He has travelled to many of the world's most remote regions to learn traditional tracking skills from expert trackers.
Renias Mhlongo is the Academy' s Lead Tracker mentor, and is based in the greater Kruger National Park where he has lived for 40 years. He was a member of the team of trackers who successfully helped settle the now-famous leopards of Londolozi in the 1980s.
Karel Benadie spent 42 years as a tracker and field ranger in the Karoo National Park. Using tracking-based evidence, he successfully collected data on the habits of black rhino for a respected scientific journal. He is currently the Academy's Lead Tracker trainer based in the Great Karoo.
Ian Thomas is an FGASA Scout, specialising in guiding, weapon handling and tracking. He is also a speaker, wildlife photographer and illustrator.
Renias Mhlongo is the Academy' s Lead Tracker mentor, and is based in the greater Kruger National Park where he has lived for 40 years. He was a member of the team of trackers who successfully helped settle the now-famous leopards of Londolozi in the 1980s.
Karel Benadie spent 42 years as a tracker and field ranger in the Karoo National Park. Using tracking-based evidence, he successfully collected data on the habits of black rhino for a respected scientific journal. He is currently the Academy's Lead Tracker trainer based in the Great Karoo.
Ian Thomas is an FGASA Scout, specialising in guiding, weapon handling and tracking. He is also a speaker, wildlife photographer and illustrator.
