Zimbabwe Wild Dogs

Hello,
I’m going to have to be a bit careful what I write here for obvious reasons, but since today is the day if the run-off elections here in Zimbabwe, I just wanted to reassure you that my scouts and I are doing fine, and to let you know a little about what is going [...]

Hi everyone,
Good news! I managed to get two GPS data logger collars onto the wild dogs a couple of days ago.  We put one onto an adult male from the Maera pack and one onto an adult female in the Jacana pack.  Both collars store the GPS positions of the individuals at certain times [...]

Hi all,
Good news!  Last week, I posted a picture of five puppies at one of the dens.  Well, we saw that pack again yesterday, and those five pups were actually five of twelve… All twelve were out yesterday, playing around the den site and the adults were nice and relaxed too which made it [...]

Hi guys,
Just a very quick post as I am flat out with field work at the moment .  I just wanted to share this picture with you – the first pups we have seen this year!

And the proud mother….

We have found 2 dens now, and one probable one, and hope to get our first collars [...]

Hello all,
I’m finally back in the conservancy now.  It’s great to be out of the city and back in the bush where, instead of waking to car horns or an alarm clock, we are woken by bird calls (or even in the past leopard calling or lions roaring).  The car is looking super-smart now: it has front bull [...]

Hello folks,
I’m still in Harare waiting for the car…  By the end of this week I should be able to collect it and head back to Save Valley and the wild dogs.  Bush bars, roll bars, safari seat and long-range fuel tank – we’ll really be kitted out for some serious work!
I’ve heard from our [...]