Zimbabwe Wild Dogs

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Aug 02 2008 | By: zimbabwewilddogs

Hi folks,

I’m in Harare at the moment: they just knocked 10 zeros off our currency, so things that used to cost 10 trillion dollars now cost 1,000 dollars.  All mightily confusing, especially now they have bought coins back in.  So we’ve gone from 100 billion dollar notes to 10 dollar coins…

Anyway, on the subject of naming the recently collared wild dog, Sherri S suggested Racoon for the stripey tail, and I must admit to liking that a lot.  Sheryl suggested Mina and I also like that very much (Sheryl - is it pronounced Meeena or M’eye’na??).  Since this dog’s tail is particularly characteristic, I’m going to name her racoon; but I’m going to use Mina for the Alpha female in our new den site.  So thanks guys - I’ll be sure to ask you again when I need more names!

Before I came up to Harare I was working on that new pack - we’ve decided to call it the Nyarushanga pack after the small river that runs close by.  That’s the one with only three adults: the alpha female (Mina) and two males, but with 6 pups.  I’ve been trying to get them to come to bait so we have a chance of darting them, but no luck so far.  Will get back to it on Monday when I’m back down in the Conservancy, and let you know if we have any luck darting them.

Cheers for now,

Rosemary