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OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHn OLOGY
FACULTYOF HEALTH,NATURALRESOURCESAND APPLIEDSCIENCES
SCHOOLOF AGRICULTUREAND NATURALRESOURCESCIENCES
DEPARTMENTOF NATURALRESOURCESSCIENCES
QUALIFICATION:BACHELOROF NATURALRESOURCESMANAGEMENT
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BNRS
COURSECODE: WMH620S
LEVEL: 7
COURSENAME: WILDLIFE MONITRING AND
HANDLING
DATE:JANUARY 2025
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 150
SECONDOPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER(S) Mr. Helmuth Tjikurunda & Mrs. Louise Theron
MODERATOR: Mr. Jeremia Amutenya
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
PERMISSIBLEMATERIALS
1. Examination question paper
2. Answering book
3. Calculator and Ruler
THIS QUESTION PAPERCONSISTSOF 3 PAGES(Excluding this front page)
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QUESTION 1
Write short notes to define or explain the following terms:
1.1. Road Strip Count
(2)
1.2. Transportation Crate
(2)
1.3. Quantitative data
(2)
1.4. Wildlife Technology
(2)
1.5. Geofences
(1)
1.6. Nutrition
(1)
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QUESTION 2
2.1. The full moon waterhole game counts is a wildlife monitoring technique preferred (15)
by most game farmers who keep elusive water-dependent wildlife. Explain in detail
how a full moon waterhole game count is conducted.
2.2. There are six elements of adaptive management, as discussed in class. Name and
explain these elements.
(12)
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QUESTION 3
3.1. The mass capture boma method is preferably and mostly used to reduce costs and (6)
ensure a successful capture. Provide six (6) guidelines to which mass capture
bomas should adhere.
3.2. Several factors contribute to the worsening of stress in captured animals. List (7)
seven (7) of these factors.
3.3. Study the diagram below showing the set-up (capture boma) used to capture (5)
wild animals. Label the different sections represented by the numbers 1-5 on
the diagram below.
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3.4. Define the term capture myopathy and provide one symptom an animal suffering (4)
from it might show.
3.5. Explain the causes of capture myopathy during a) mass boma and b) chemical (9)
capture methods.
[31)
QUESTION 4
4.1. Holding facilities are an essential part of wildlife monitoring and handling to (6)
ensure close observation of wild animals, that cannot be released immediately.
List 6 factors to consider when constructing a holding facility/pens for wild
animals.
4.2. Water is one of the most vital nutrients for wild animals, because of the multiple (6)
functions it is used for. Name and give an example of three sources where wild
animals get water from.
4.3 The condition of animals is a key factor influencing the survival and reproductive
successof wild animals.
4.3.1 In which situations is knowledge of the nutritional condition of (4)
wildlife important?
4.3.2 What are the advantages of using indicators to assess wildlife (4)
conditions?
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QUESTIO5N
5.1 Provide ten (10} criteria you will follow to inspect transport crates to ensure the welfare of (10)
the animal being transported.
5.2 You have been appointed as the head of a Game Capture Unit within the Ministry of (4)
Environment, Forestry and Tourism. Explain four (4) conditions under which you may
recommend animals translocated to be offloaded at night.
5.3 List eight (B) factors that need to be considered before wild animals is to be offloaded (8)
from the transport crate.
5.4 Ideally, the distance from the source to the destination of captured animals must be as (7)
short as possible. However, this is not always the case. Sometimes animals are
translocated to far away place sometimes even to other countries. List 7 factors that
should be taken into account to ensure safe and humane transportation of animals via the
road.
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QUESTIO6N
Distinguish between the following sets of terms:
(8)
a) Infectious vs Contagious diseases
(2)
b) Carrier vs Vector for a disease. (Give a proper/explanatory example for each)
(4)
c)
Defoliants vs Desiccants (for a farmer)
(2)
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QUESTIO7N
In your OWN words, explain how the digestion process of a kudu differs from that of a zebra. (9)
QUESTIO8N
Give a short description of the disease Babesiosis. Explain what it is, how animals get it, immunity and
resistance in cattle and how it can be treated. NO clinical signs required!
(8)
TOTAL1:50 MARKS
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