In 2011, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism conducted a questionnaire to various stakeholders to determine relative abundance of large carnivores throughout Namibia. The results of this questionnaire were quantified and mapped to establish the current range and relative abundance of the six Namibian large carnivores. Recent population estimates for leopards are used here, however, the remaining species we used estimates from the previous Atlas as our best estimates to date. Species estimates are higher than previously reported for all species with lions, leopards, cheetahs and wild dog estimates doubling the previous estimates. Spotted hyenas estimates increased by more than 40% and brown hyenas increasing by more than 8%. The doubling of these carnivore populations is unlikely in an 8 year period regardless of likely, natural increases in
particular species. The reason for this increase is likely related to our range calculation (since the densities remained the same for all species but leopards) and therefore range data and analysis between approaches must be reviewed. The initial Atlas determined range based on the tourism industry and government reports, whereas our questionnaire was based on qualitative data from mail-in questionnaires. Though both methods leave desired improvement, our current survey provides a more uniform sampling strategy, though the results appear inflated. As a follow up, we suggest conducting a second quantitative questionnaire in targeted regions. Additionally, detailed population surveys should be undertaken for more updated and accurate estimates with emphasis on lions, wild dogs and cheetahs as species of conservation concern.