Zimbabwe Wild Dogs

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Sep 29 2009 | By: zimbabwewilddogs

Hi folks,

Apologies for being quiet for a while.  I’ve been busy with all sorts of things which hasn’t given me much opportunity in front of the computer lately.  We’ve just started the annual carnivore spoor survey in the conservancy, which involves driving along sandy roads at c.15km per hour and recording any fresh carnivore tracks picked up by our trackers.  It’s a useful tool to enable us to estimate lion and hyena populations, and we count all other carnivores as well; genets/civets/leopards/cheetahs/wild dogs/jackals etc.

Anyhow, I recently visited the Bedford pack at their den, and once again they showed what beautiful and charismatic animals they are.  So here’s a few more gratuitous pics of wild dog pups - just cos they are very cute!

Here is one investigating the camera trap I put up…

After which he decided it looked rather tasty!

 Whilst this smaller pup from the second litter decided a stick was a more suitable toy/snack!

And finally this one, who decided some dancing was in order!

Anyway, will be back soon with an update on the other packs and more from the spoor survey,

Rosemary