Zimbabwe Wild Dogs

Category: Uncategorized, Wild Dogs, zimbabwe | Date: Sep 22 2009 | By: zimbabwewilddogs

Hi folks,

We have some exciting news to report.  A new pack of three wild dogs has shown up in the south of the conservancy.  Rueben has once again proved his incredible skills as a tracker.  Faced with the seemingly impossible task of locating a small, un-collared pack of wild dogs across a range of hundreds of square kilometers with long grass hampering off-road tracking, he persevered and a couple of weeks ago found the dogs resting in a reasonably accessible location.  He managed to take a some photos before going to tell Lin Barrie (the wildlife artist and conservationist who lives on the property), who also managed to get some great photos.

As usual with wild dogs, given that they can be individually recognised by their coat patterns, photos are crucial to our understanding of which dogs are where and who is in which pack.  Excitingly, I don’t recognise any of these three dogs, which means they are not simply a breakaway group of another pack, but an entirely new group.  Add 3 to our conservancy wild dog population!!!

Moreover, the dogs seem to be settling in the south of the conservancy, where they have been seen several times recently.  This is wonderful, as they considerably augment the rather depleted population that was down in that area previously!

I’ve asked Rueben if he would like to name the pack, so once he has decided what to call them, I’ll let you know,

Back soon,

Rosemary

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