Research Papers

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Kristin Arguedas of Princeton University visited Victoria Falls to look at the ever present human / wildlife conflict and speccifically whether social influence is a better promoter of conservation attitudes that education alone amongst affected communities.  Undergraduate thesis in Psychology

Simon Jansen of Wageningen University in the Netherlands was in Livingstone studying the differences in hunting success and prey preference in a different group compositions of lions.  Masters thesis in Biology / Animal Ecology.

Lisa Clifforde of the University of Exeter has an ongoing study for her MPhil looking at Behavioural Sequencing and Character Development in Lion Cubs.

Hannah Rae Kokes of Manchester Metropolitan came to Livingstone looking at the influence of human presence on play behaviour and development in captive bred lions cubs.  Masters thesis in Animal Behaviour

Jennifer Majors of the University of Denver studied for her undergraduate thesis  looking at: Can Captive Breeding and Release be a Viable Compliment to In-Situ Conservation in Preventing the Extinction of the African Lion (Panthera leo)?

John Murphy of University of East Anglia has completed his Masters thesis in Environment & International Development focussed on Exploring the Motivations of Participants in Volunteer Conservation Toruism and their Unerstandings of Biodiversity Conservation.  Read the thesis here.

Oyvind Handberg of  the University of Oslo has completed his undergraduate thesis in Development Studies looking at Voluntarily Ending Aid Dependence. Read the thesis here.

Andreas Doppelmayr of  the University of Oslo has completed his undergraduate thesis in Development Studies looking at the Economic Impacts of Tourism in the Livingstone Area, Zambia. Read the thesis here.

Sibonokuhle Ncube of the National University of Science & Technologyin Zimbabwe has completed her undergraduate thesis in Forest Resources and Wildlife Management looking at the Influence of Social Upbringing on the Activity Pattern of Captive Lion Panthera leo cubs:  Benefits of behaviour enrichment.  This study has now been published by the journal Current Zoology, and is available here.

Jennifer Bradley of Newcastle University has completed her paper, Life as a Lion on the Red List for her BSc Zoology course.

Roseline Mandisodza of the University of Zimbabwe has completed her Masters thesis in Tropical Resource Ecology entitled The Rehabilitation of Captive Bred Lions (Panthera leo) in a Semi-Wild Environment for Release into the Wild:  Case Study of Antelope Game Park, Zimbabwe.

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