About the Authors

David Lehmann

lehmann@izw-berlin.de

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin, Germany

John Kazgeba Elijah Mfune

Affiliation University of Namibia (UNAM), Department of Biological Sciences, Windhoek, Namibia

Erick Gewers

Affiliation Torra Community-Based Conservancy Office, Kunene Region, Namibia

Johann Cloete

Affiliation Wilderness Safaris Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

Conrad Brain

Affiliation Wilderness Safaris Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

Christian Claus Voigt

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

Please note that the one or more authors is affiliated to “Wilderness Safaris Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.” The authors declare that there was absolutely no competing interest between Wilderness Safari and their study. This successful collaboration does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DL CCV. Performed the experiments: DL EG JC. Analyzed the data: DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DL JKEM JC EG CB CCV. Wrote the paper: DL CCV. Logistics: DL JKEM EG CB. Permits: DL. Data collection: DL EG JC.