Zimbabwe Wild Dogs

Once again the conflict between lions and wild dogs becomes apparent.  Here is a photo of lions at the Bedford den a few days ago – the one in the foreground looks like a male and the one in the background (top left), a female.   The female is peering into the den hole where the pups sleep.  The dogs have not been seen since….

Two lions at the wild dog den site

Unfortunately we have not found the pack since this happened.  Unless the lions killed all the pups – which is unlikely as we found no carcasses near the den – they should just have moved dens, but we cannot find their new den at the moment.  The collared members of the pack rarely stay at the den and so radio tracking those individuals is not helping us.  The pups are still small – assuming there are still pups left – so it would be unusual for them to have moved far away, but we haven’t had any luck finding them in the last couple of days.

Wild dog pups at their den (before the lions visited)

I hope we will find them soon, and that we will have some good news to report to you.