Game Stock

Counting came is not as simple as it may appear, so even the arial count can at best be indicative.

Since the areal game count in 08, we have also introduced Nyala and Gemsbok

Numbers as per Game Count 30 August 2008    
SPECIES OF ANIMALS   Current No of Animals Graze Units per Animal Browse Units per Animal % of Graze Capacity % of Browse Capacity    
     
     
     
     
                 
Bulk grazers:                
Burchell’s zebra   18 11.88 0 6.13 0.00    
Sub-total:   18 11.88 0.00 6.13 0.00    
                 
Selective grazers:                
Blesbok   51 12.75 0 6.48 0.00    
Blue wildebeest   49 26.46 0 13.60 0.00    
Reedbuck (Rhebuck)   4 0.80 1.6 0.80 0.17    
Waterbuck   10 5.00 0.7 2.56 1.00    
Sub-total:   114 45.01 2.30 23.44 1.17    
                 
Mixed feeders:                
Impala   61 6.10 15.25 3.23 16.45    
Eland   21 2.31 38.64 4.67 35.58    
Kudu   36 3.60 28.8 1.80 31.19    
Red hartebeest   12 3.36 2.16 1.71 2.32    
Klipspringer   8 0.00 0 0.00 0.00    
Steenbok   6 0.00 0 0.00 0.00    
Bosvark   8 0.00 0 0.00 0.00   Estimated
Warthog   20 0.00 0 1.02 2.58   Estimated
Porcupine   12 0.00 0 0.00 0.00   Estimated
Aardvark   3 0.00 0 0.00 0.00   Estimated
Sub-total:   187 15.37 84.85 12.43 88.13    
                 
Browsers:                
Duiker   8 0.00 1.76 0.00 0.65   Estimated
Giraffe   6 0.12 25.68 0.06 27.93    
Sub-total:   14 0.12 27.44 0.06 28.58    
                 
Carnivores                
Brown Hyena   1 0.00 0 0.00 0.00    
Leopard   1 0.00 0 0.00 0.00    
Rooikat   0 0.00 0 0.00 0.00    
Rooi Jakkals   0 0.00 0 0.00 0.00    
Sub-total:   2            
                 
Total of all Animals:   333 72.38 114.59 42.06 117.87    
Total excl Browsers:   335 72.26 87.15 42.00 89.30    
                 
    Excluding Giraffe     42.00 89.30