Tracey Kreplins

Tracey Kreplins is a wildlife ecologist who has worked on a range of species native and invasive species around Western Australia. At present she is the research scientist under the Western Australian Wild Dog Action Plan. Wild dogs threaten not only livestock but biodiversity in Australia. Tracey works in all areas of predator management from traditional methods to non-lethal tools.

To gain an insight into international predator management Tracey will travel to South Africa to collaborate with a range of predator researchers. Caracals and black-backed jackals damage small stock farming in South Africa, not unlike Western Australia' sheep farming and cattle production areas that are impacted by wild dog predation. Tracey aims to investigate alternative forms of predator management in South Africa and increase her knowledge on management options that are not reliant on traditional forms of control.