Zimbabwe Wild Dogs

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Sep 25 2008 | By: zimbabwewilddogs

Hi guys,

Just a very quick update on the Nyarushanga pack, where the secretive Mina is the Alpha female…  We got the photos back from the camera traps we put up at the den last week and, incredibly, they show a second litter of pups at that den!!  So not only is this very small pack successfully rearing 6 pups (which was impressive enough), but they have at least 3 pups from a second litter, who are only about 6 weeks old.  Amazing. 

We were wondering why they hadn’t moved from the den yet, as the other pups must be almost big enough to move on now, but clearly that’s why.

Here’s a picture from the camera trap showing one of the big pups with one of the new littlies, and below the mother of the new litter with 3 of the new pups.

I’m currently in the south of the conservancy, trying to dart and de-snare that female with the snare around her neck.  The pack is incredibly skittish though, so it’s tough, but hopefully we’ll get her soon.  The male that had the snare around the waist that Lindsay removed is doing well, and the wound is healing nicely.

Back soon,

Rosemary