Zimbabwe Wild Dogs

Category: Wild Dogs, zimbabwe | Date: Dec 13 2008 | By: zimbabwewilddogs

Hi guys,

Sorry to report that we still haven’t succeeded in removing the snare from that pup.  I had everything organised, and Graham (who helps do the darting) had come up the night before.  Misheck found a signal from the dogs at around 6:00 a.m. and we were all set to go.  Just as I arrived to collect Graham though, we heard a report over the radio that a rhino had been poached in the south of the conservancy.  Graham is one of the key players in the anti-rhino poaching efforts and so unfortunately had to rush off to deal with that instead.  I went out anyway to see the dogs and thought it might be possible to do something to help the pup despite Graham’s absence, but unfortunately we couldnt get within range.  We did however see the pup quite well at one stage and he is actually still looking okay - not too skinny and not really struggling to keep up so we may still have a chance with him. 

On a more positive note, while I was waiting by a waterhole in the hope that the dogs would come back to drink and we could have a go at the pup, Misheck spotted a tiny baby warthog stuck in the mud.  I’ll do another post on that once I’ve had a chance to download some of the pics, but we managed to pull him out and are still doing what we can to save him.  So, while we failed on the pup, we at least may have save a baby warthog instead!

Back soon,

Rosemary

Tags: rhino poaching, snaring, warthog, Wild Dogs, zimbabwe