game proof fences
This type of post anchors sections of a fence and absorbs tension.
What are straining posts?
This term refers to the concentration of organic and inorganic substances present in water.
What is water quality?
This Act states that water is a natural resource belonging to all people.
What is the National Water Act (Act 36 of 1998)?
Different species visit waterholes at different times according to these.
What are drinking patterns and behaviour?
This structure is used for mass capture, acclimatisation, and translocation of wildlife.
What is a boma?
These components are placed between standards to strengthen the fence and maintain spacing.
What are droppers?
Water quality must be monitored primarily to protect this aspect of wildlife management.
What is animal health?
Under the National Water Act, this is often required for specific water uses.
What is licensing?
Waterholes can increase the transmission of these two biological threats.
What are diseases and parasites?
These facilities are used for quarantine, veterinary care, or long-term confinement.
What are holding pens?
Name two factors that influence the choice of a game-proof fence.
What are animal species, terrain, available materials, or budget?
This can influence how often animals visit waterholes and when they drink.
What are predators?
Name two methods of harvesting or storing water on a game ranch.
What are rooftop rainwater harvesting, field harvesting, guzzlers, dams, or storage tanks?
Water availability directly influences the distribution of these.
What are wildlife species?
Name three reasons why wild animals may need to be confined temporarily.
What are transport, quarantine, acclimatisation, treatment, research, auctions, or feeding?
This legislation regulates boundary fences and cost-sharing between neighbouring landowners.
What is the Fencing Act (Act 31 of 1963)?
Give two common problems associated with poor water quality.
What are toxicity, disease, contamination, or reduced animal health?
Describe how the National Water Act and CARA work together in conservation.
What is that one protects water resources while the other protects soil, vegetation, and agricultural resources?
Name two factors considered when placing a waterhole on a game ranch.
What are rainfall, topography, vegetation, animal species, or grazing requirements?
The duration of confinement, animal type, and animal numbers influence this.
What is the type of facility required?
Explain why a single fence design cannot be used effectively on every game ranch.
What is because different species, terrains, management objectives, and regulations require different fence designs?
Explain why single-value toxicity guidelines may be misleading.
What is because different species respond differently to the same concentration of substances in water?
This Act focuses on erosion control, vegetation protection, and invasive plant control.
What is the Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act (CARA)?
Explain one ecological role of a waterhole.
What is supporting wildlife populations, influencing species distribution, or promoting biodiversity?
Special pens are often required for these three animal groups.
What are rhinoceroses, giraffes, and ostriches?