Zimbabwe Wild Dogs

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Sep 08 2008 | By: zimbabwewilddogs

Hi guys,

 Well I’m back down in the south again to try have another go at darting the other snared dog.  The people on the ranch have seen the pack (Mavericks) and they all seem to doing fine..even the one with the neck snare.  The male that we did last week appears to be well on the road to recovery.  Such strong animals!

As for the north of the conservancy….all sorts of action up there!  A pack of 8 (which we oringinally thought was only 6) was sighted right up at the top boundary).  Very positive.  When we had a look at the Mapari den they had moved!  But only to their old den from 2006 which is about 1 km away, so we found them without much trouble.  We only managed to catch a glimpse of them as they ran off, but they’re all still there and healthy.  Sadly at the original den there was a dead pup that we found, so down to 5 now for them.  There were no obvious clues as to how it died, but I’m sure it was a natural death: snake bite, or he was sick, or just the runt.

At the Flourishing Bedford den (31 dogs in total, young and old) we finally found Missy!!  The missing Missy who’s been so shy and it looks like she’s pregnant or lactating too. But we also only saw 13 out of the 14 pups, so not sure what happened to the missing pup, but this is how nature takes it course.

And lastly in the south a big, lone, male dog was sighted drinking at a pan with zebras, wildebeast, impala and other antelopes.  That’s quite an interesting sighting as he’s a bit of a mystery dog??  Maybe he’s the sole remainder of the pack of 12 from last year that have all succumbed to snares.  Will have to find out and let you all know….

Well ciao for now till next time..

Lindsay