Intelligent, playful and curious, the African wild dog is above all, caring — pups eat first and the whole pack cares for the sick, elderly and injured. It’s why they’re one of the many stars of an innovative conservation project powered by citizen science.
Welcome to the African Carnivore Wildbook
We’re bringing breakthrough technology to the conservation world. By applying machine learning and computer vision to photos taken by travellers like you, we’re delivering valuable data with more breadth and depth than conservationists have ever had before, enabling more rapid and data-driven conservation action to protect these valuable and iconic creatures.
Learn about the technology behind ACW.
Meet a citizen scientist.
Have recent pictures of lions, leopards, cheetahs, spotted hyaenas, or African wild dogs you’d like to contribute?
You + ACW = citizen science
Dr. Kelly Anne Marnewick
Department of Nature Conservation Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria, South Africa 2019 Chair, IUCN African Lion Working Group
Take a Photo. Make a Difference.
Travel around Africa.
Take lots of photos of lions, cheetahs, leopards, spotted hyenas and wild dogs.
Upload your photos to share your data with science.
ACW uses your images to create a massive amount data to aid conservation.
The numbers
We’re all about data. Here are our latest stats.
ACW Citizen Scientists
Number of reported sightings
Matched Carnivores
Conservationists and researchers using ACW