Hiking for Animal Tracks
Hiking for the tracking of animals means that students will have to find their own paths to move about in the bush while looking for animal tracks. Jonah Evans of Aphine explains on his website (available at http://www.naturetracking.com/category/press/) that ‘Animal tracks are a window into an otherwise be a hidden world of wild animals. Animals are all around us, but many are stealthy, shy, and seldom seen. To a trained tracker however, there are signs of life everywhere. Animal tracks (also called animal footprints, pugmarks, traces, spoor, impressions, etc) are a powerful tool for learning about the wildlife around you’.
Students of Milites Dei are also expected to track their route on MyTracks so that they will become familiar with the areas being explored. During the route students will have to report to the Head Office via pictures of the tracks explored (see below). MyTracks is a GPS tracking application that runs on Android.
Photos of the animals are also saved and discuss in detail once back at the base camp.
MyTracks Picture
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