Gus & Margie Mills
Life's work
Gus Mills spent 34 years conducting research on African large carnivores with SANParks stationed in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and the Kruger National Park.
His initial work was on brown hyenas and spotted hyenas in the Southern Kalahari culminating in the publication of his book in 1990 “Kalahari hyenas: the comparative behavioural ecology of two species.”
He studied lion and cheetah feeding ecology, ecological relationships between the large carnivores and wild dog population ecology in Kruger National Park. His study on wild dogs in Kruger ran for 15 years. He has consulted widely on carnivore conservation issues in Africa and Asia.
Recently retired from SANParks he is now a Research Fellow with The Tony and Lisette Lewis Foundation and in June 2006 started a five year cheetah study together with his wife Margie in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Gus & Margie Mills, Researchers South Africa
His initial work was on brown hyenas and spotted hyenas in the Southern Kalahari culminating in the publication of his book in 1990 “Kalahari hyenas: the comparative behavioural ecology of two species.”
He studied lion and cheetah feeding ecology, ecological relationships between the large carnivores and wild dog population ecology in Kruger National Park. His study on wild dogs in Kruger ran for 15 years. He has consulted widely on carnivore conservation issues in Africa and Asia.
Recently retired from SANParks he is now a Research Fellow with The Tony and Lisette Lewis Foundation and in June 2006 started a five year cheetah study together with his wife Margie in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Gus & Margie Mills, Researchers South Africa
