Another pack found

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Mar 26 2008 | By: admin

Howzit everyone,

Well, the run of luck continues. We (meaning Reuben and Misheck) found another pack today. I’ve managed to match up one individual, so I’m hazarding a guess that this is the ‘Bridges’ Pack. One more located!

They’re looking at the car. But I’m not in the car….

‘What are you grinning at?’

Yesterday, I went to the south of the conservancy on my own, to try to locate the Mavericks Pack. As one of them is collared, I thought I would be able to pick them up quite easily. I thought wrong. I’d driven around and climbed several small hills but I still couldn’t recieve their signal.
I also spent some time as the guest of a particularily soft patch of muddy road. Still, nothing an hour of lugging rocks, digging with hands and copious swearing couldn’t sort out.
The pack may have temporarily left the boundaries of the conservancy but, due to my unscheduled ‘rest’ stop, it was too late for me to search in that direction. I’ll look for them again in a few days.

Thanks to those of you who made the effort to vote on the new pack’s name. Humani it is then. Who says there won’t be a fair election in Zimbabwe this year?!

Sarai zvakanka,

Mike

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7 Responses to “Another pack found”

F. J. Pechir, on 26 Mar 2008

Thank you Mike for all you are doing to study and protect this endangered species. I think that would be very useful to me and others readers of your blog if you can give us a list of the packs in your study area, in order for us to be familiar with them when you talk about it, and, if you can also tell us something about the aproximate number of dogs in each one of them and their ubication in the area, would be great! Thanks again and, as always, looking forward to read more about your interesting work!

Paula, on 26 Mar 2008

I love that Idea FJP lets have pictures of all these dogs - and their families, sizes ranges etc. even illustrations of the indivdiuals so we can tell them apart. They are so amazing.

sheryl, washington dc, on 26 Mar 2008

I’d like to see a gallery of the various packs, too. Great idea! If possible, could you create it as a PDF and attach it for download?

F. J. Pechir, on 26 Mar 2008

Dear Paula, certainly they are amazing! If we can have that information, all together will be able to follow the evolution of each pack and its weekly or montly whereabouts.

Mike, on 26 Mar 2008

Hi guys,
Please bear in mind that this is the first time I’m seeing these packs too! You are learning as I am learning. Most of the information you want is only being collected now, but I will certainly post it when I feel it is accurate enough.
Mike

Theresa Siskind St Petersburg FL, on 27 Mar 2008

Hey Mike, I think they are all right. Check out the Zimbabwe 7 blog when you have a chance. Brief Serval Histories Post. I often refer to this page when Lisa is talking about one of her servals, very helpful for me to keep track! It looks like there are 5 in the Bridges Pack, they need to have some pups!

ExAfrica, on 28 Mar 2008

My heart warms that the wildlife in Save seems healthy. Well done to all of you for the work you are doing. Next time I am in Zim (???) Save is first on my list - I’ll look you up!

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