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Setlalekgomo, M. R., & Setlalekgomo, T. E. (2013). The status of tortoises and community attitudes towards tortoises in lentsweletau and botlhapatlou villages in kweneng district of botswana. Journal of Animal Science Advances, 3(4), 181–186.
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Categories: General Keywords: Habitat - habitat, Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises, Stigmochelys pardalis, Südafrika - Southern Africa, Testudinidae Creators: Setlalekgomo, Setlalekgomo Collection: Journal of Animal Science Advances |
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Testudinidae Geochelone pardalis A study was carried out to document the status of tortoises and the community attitudes towards tortoises at Ramankhung, Lekgalung and Dikateng fields near Lentsweletau village and at Mmaphoroka and Moleleme fields near Botlhapatlou village in Kweneng district of Botswana. A formal questionnaire was administered to 47 respondents (nearly 10 respondents per study site). The respondents were 46.81% farmers, 36.17% cattle herders, 14.89% farm labourers and 2.13% unemployed. All the respondents knew tortoises. Thirty per cent of Mmaphoroka respondents reported that they usually found more than ten tortoises daily during wet seasons while the respondents from other study sites reported a maximum of three to ten tortoises. Some respondents from all the study sites reported a decline in tortoise numbers from the past ten years up to the time of the study. Eighty-six per cent of Ramankhung respondents reported a decline, followed by 50% Moleleme, 30% Mmaphoroka, 28.57% Lekgalung and lastly 16.67% Dikateng respondents. However, some respondents reported increases in the number of tortoises. Fifty per cent of Moleleme respondents reported an increase in tortoise numbers followed by 40% Mmaphoroka, 33.33% Dikateng, 14.29% Lekgalung and lastly 8.33% Ramankhung respondents. Reasons given for tortoise decline were predation, habitat loss and drought. The reason given for the increase of tortoise numbers was that the tortoises were breeding. Most of the respondents felt tortoises should be conserved and showed interest in participating in tortoise conservation.
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