Chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest : Ecology, Behaviour, and Conservation

184 The problem of snares

Table 9.2: Number of days patrolled and rate of snares removed per day in compartments of Budongo Forest Reserve, October 2003–J

une 2004.

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Total

Average

D S D S D S DS D S D S DS DS DS D S

Rate*

N1

7

15

4

37

1

2

4

25

3

21

3

6

6

83

4

5

3

11

35

205

6

N2

12

137

2

0

0

0

2

12

2

5

4

7

5

23

4

11

5

32

36

227

6

N3

1

0

2

23

1

7

3

0

3

5

2

9

4

9

6

10

3

12

25

75

3

N4

0

0

0

0

5

47

4

19

2

14

2

17

0

0

0

0

3

6

16

103

6

N5

0

0

0

0

4

12

3

23

0

0

2

27

0

0

0

0

0

0

9

62

7

N6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

35

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

35

12

N15

0

0

8

36

10

13

2

7

0

0

8

52

5

43

2

8

4

27

39

186

5

B1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

45

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

45

11

B2 238 1180 000 0 0 0 00000 00 35619W19

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

16

0

0

3

24

8

W21

0

0

3

21

0

0

0

0

2

13

0

0

0

0

2

24

1

0

8

58

7

W22 0 0 0 00 000 0 0 1 40018 00 212 6W23 0 0 0 00 000 0 0 0 00000 10 1 0 0Total

22

190

20

135

21

81

19

94

19

138

22

122

20

158

21

82

19

89

183

1089

6

Key:

D



number of days patrolled; S



number of snares removed.

Compart-ment * Snare removal rate expressed as number of snares removed per day.