Choose your level of sponsorship
Support our research project by sponsoring one of our study individuals!
Level 1 - 50€ per year: Sponsor a hyena
- Choose your favourite hyena from the list below. Each hyena has photos and a story to help you decide.
- Receive WhatsApp updates every time your hyena is observed by our research team. You’ll be the first to know before updates are shared on social media.
- Exclusive photos and videos of your hyena that will not be shared publicly.
Note: These brown hyenas are completely wild. Fieldwork schedules vary, so the frequency of updates cannot be guaranteed. There is also a possibility that your hyena may move away or die during the sponsorship. If this happens, you will be offered the opportunity to sponsor another hyena.
Level 2 - 100€ per year: Sponsorship + behind-the-scenes fieldwork access
- All benefits from Level 1.
- Receive updates on WhatsApp about our on-going work, behind-the-scenes photos, and videos from fieldwork.
- Mini-reports about field activities, hyena behaviour, and life in the park.
Level 3 - 500€ per year: Sponsorship + behind-the-scenes fieldwork access + name a hyena + recognition
- All benefits from Level 2.
- Name a hyena of your choice (subject to approval).
- Your name displayed on our website as a valued supporter.
Once you place your order, please note that it can take up to a few days until we confirm your payment and subscription (we are often in the field with no network). Please do not forget to indicate your WhatsApp number and the name of the hyena that you wish to sponsor.
Choose your sponsored hyena from the list below:
Louie is a young male born near the Baker’s Bay seal colony in April 2023. He has one sibling, his brother Dewey. As a young adult, Louie is very curious and full of character! He’s confident around humans and never hesitates to show off. Whenever he spots us or our vehicle, he often approaches to investigate, sometimes even stealing our things or following us around for a while.
Although mostly nocturnal, we frequently see Louie near our campsite at sunrise or sunset. As he grows older, we’re excited to see whether he’ll remain this bold and inquisitive, or eventually leave the area to join a new clan.
Dewey is a young male born near the Baker’s Bay seal colony in April 2023. He has one sibling, his brother Louie. Unlike his bold and mischievous brother, Dewey is clever and shy. He proved just how smart he is by outsmarting us several times during our collaring attempts!
Recently, Dewey has entered full courtship behaviour and appears ready to mate, showing particular interest in a female named Verona.
Dewey is mostly nocturnal, so we tend to see him around sunrise and sunset. He was fitted with a GPS collar in October 2025, which now allows us to follow his movements and discover whether he will join Verona’s clan or wander off to a new area.
Windhoek had been coming to the Baker's Bay seal colony for many years, and he is becoming a regular visitor.
He is one of our most resilient study individuals. He often get attacked by other hyenas (during territorial fights) and often has bad wounds on his neck and face. Despite being almost constantly injured and half blind, Windhoek still comes to the seal colony and tries to hunt seal pups to feed himself. A real survivor hyena!
Eclipse is a very young female, very likely the daughter of Parma from Baker's Bay.
Eclipse seems to have discovered the seal colony recently, and she loves the place! We see her very regularly at the moment. Surprisingly, she is also a very relaxed hyena. Usually, young and new visitors are very skittish. She is very relaxed around us and also around other hyenas.
Because the main resident female of the Baker's Bay clan passed away last December, Eclipse seems like a very good candidate to replace her. We are excited to see what will happen!
Khartoum has become the new mascot of Baker’s Bay. He has a unique face and a distinctive walk, and he is almost a full-time resident of the seal colony area. We first recorded him in January 2021, although back then we only saw him occasionally. He even had a broken leg at the time, but he was still a beautiful young hyena.
Over the years, he visited the area more and more often and eventually tried to join the resident clan. It took him many attempts (and plenty of fights) but he finally seemed to succeed. He no longer leaves the area and has even been seen mating with the resident female.
We do not know his exact age, but Khartoum is certainly not young. He shows signs of arthritis and has some eyesight issues. Now, he is probably the calmest and most relaxed brown hyena in the entire Baker’s Bay area.
Ellis is the breeding female of the Elizabeth Bay clan. She is quite young and a truly beautiful hyena. In March 2025, she had what we believe to be her first cub, little Mangeni. She turned out to be a very good mother: patient and often playing with her youngster.
Ellis often uses the old buildings in the Elizabeth Bay ghost town as resting spots, so we frequently see her when we visit the area. She’s a calm, gentle hyena and is usually found spending time with her clan mates Robin and KC.
We darted and collared Ellis in December 2025. She was in good condition, but we were shocked to find her with a broken jaw and an infection. We gave her antibiotics and she seems to be recovering nicely. We are excited to see where she moves and when she has her next litter!
