Zimbabwe Wild Dogs

Hi folks,
While I’m temporarily away from the field, I decided to take advantage of the faster internet connections in the ‘real world’ and upload some of my wild dog videos to U-tube so I can share them with you.
Check out this video of the wild dogs harssassing a large and grumpy warthog, which I mentioned [...]

All of us from the Zimbabwe Wild Dog Project would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers and supporters a very merry Christmas.  Rueben asked me to send extra special greeting and thanks to those who helped him to feed his baby daughter during the very difficult time after his wife died.

And I would like [...]

There appears to have been a scorpion infestation in the conservancy recently…. Here’s one of the very, very, very, very,very painful ones.  It was just making its way into my house a few nights ago, although luckily I saw him before he got inside. 

Check out how fat his tail is, and how (relatively!) small his [...]

I just want to say thank you very, very much to all those who have donated to our blog in the last few months.  Very special thanks go to Pirjo for his wonderfully consistent and generous support of our project.  All of us at the Lowveld Wild Dog Project, including the dogs (!), are very grateful [...]

Hi folks,
I have some sad news to report I’m afraid.  Several of the wild dogs seem to have gone missing.  We’ve lost at least four individuals from the Bedford pack, two adult females from the Maera pack and a yearling and a pup from the Star pack.  It’s possible that the two adult females [...]

Hi folks,
A few days ago, we had a kudu die in the conservancy, which tested positive for rabies.  This is of huge concern for the wild dog population here.  Once in a pack, rabies can spread through the whole pack in a matter of days or weeks, killing every individual.  It’s a horrific disease [...]

Hi folks,
So much for wild dogs being big, brave, viscious carnivores! I recently watched a large number of the Bedford pack in confrontation with a warthog.  There was no doubt about it – warthog one, dogs nil!  Unfortunately I dont have any photos, as I was taking video instead.
Anyway, it was a great sighting of the pack – [...]