Acknowledgements
We acknowledge funding from the American Society for Mammalogists (ASM), National Research Foundation (NRF), Association for African Universities (AAU) and Belgian Technical Cooperation ( BTC). We gratefully acknowledge the Ezemvelo Kwazulu-Natal Wildlife ecologist, Catherine Hanekom for availing previous transect count data, the reserve managers Amos Tembe and Andile Mhlongo of Ezemvelo Kwazulu-Natal Wildlife for all the logistical support within NGR. Special mention goes to the EKZN Wildlife Ndumo field rangers for their expertise in the field. We wish to thank all the pig farmers for willingly supplying information needed for this particular study. Last but not least we would like to extend our gratitude to Marinda Cilliers for all the logistical support.