Zimbabwe Wild Dogs

We’ve finally had some rain!  Not a lot, and we are still way below what we should be on for this time of year, but it has nonetheless been a relief.  If nothing else it has bought the temperatures down from 40C+ every day to something a little cooler!  We still have a long way [...]

Hi folks,It’s that time of year again when wild dog packs start to split up and re-form. A group of individuals, usually same-sex siblings, leave their natal pack in search of a group of unrelated individuals of the opposite sex to breed with. This often seems to happen a month or two prior to the [...]

Hi folks,
A few days ago, five lions were moved from Malilangwe Trust down to Gonarezhou National Park.  Malilangwe Trust is a relatively small conservation area, and managers needed to reduce the number of lions there.  Neighbouring Gonarezhou NP seemed the sensible place to move some to, given the low lion population densities in the park at [...]

Hi folks,
Before the year continues to run away with us, I wanted to let you all know how your donations were used in 2009.  Altogether the project received about $2800 which we used mainly to buy drugs (and associated accessories) to help to de-snare wild dogs or help other wildlife, such as this buffalo calf [...]

We’ve all seen the news about the terrible drought in Kenya, but it seemed like Zim was going to escape a drought this year as we had relatively decent early rains.  Sadly however, in the lowveld at least, that was the end of it.  Over most of the area, we’ve had almost no rain whatsoever [...]

Hi folks,
I’m now back in the conservancy after a couple of weeks in the UK with my family.  I was supposed to be back on Saturday, but was delayed in Harare because none of the luggage arrived due to all the snow-related chaos at Heathrow airport.  I eventually drove down to the conservancy yesterday (still without [...]

Hi folks,
I recently realised that I talk a fair amount in this blog about our two wild dog scouts, Rueben and Misheck.  Given that they are critical members of our small team, I thought it would be appropriate to start the new year with a proper introduction of them, especially for those who are new to [...]

Happy New Year to all our readers and supporters.  I would like to start this post by thanking all those who have supported us during 2009.  Your donations have really helped to get us through some sticky financial patches and have made a very real difference to the conservation of the wild dogs.  We couldn’t have [...]