http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org Conservation of endangered wild dogs Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:05:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi folks, I realise I haven’t actually posted much about wild dogs recently.  This is by no means because there is nothing to report – I’ve just chosen to tell you about a few other things we’ve been up to recently instead.  (When you work in conservation in a place ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/31/wild-dogs-in-zimbabwes-lowveld/ Hi folks, Apologies for the deviation from wild dogs - yet again!  I just had to share this story with you. The Zimbabwean lowveld has been struggling with some major bush fires in the last month.  Much of the southern half of the Save Valley Conservancy was burnt, tragically including Senuko Lodge ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/30/baby-porcupine-rescued-from-fire/ Hi folks, I'm finally back from three weeks in the wilderness of Gonarezhou.  As you will see from the last two posts, I did actually have a few days at park HQs in the middle of the stay, so this is the story of what happened in phase two of the ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/29/calling-and-collaring-lions-in-gonarezhou-np/ Hi folks, I've been getting very worried recently about the state of the project funds because I simply haven't had the time to do the fundraising required.  But fortunately we just received the transfer from Wildlife Direct of the money that has been donated through this blog recently, which will help to keep us going ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/24/a-timely-transfer/ Hi folks, I'm back briefly from the first phase of field work in Gonarezhou National Park.  We just spent 12 days working in the south of the park, attempting to find and collar lions (to test for TB), and hoping that we may be lucky enough to find some wild dogs.  ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/22/one-lion-several-hyenas-and-lots-of-wild-dogs/ Hi folks, This blog will be quiet for the next couple of weeks I'm afraid: I'm going into Gonarezhou National Park to see if we can find some lions (no tigers or bears hopefully) to help some vets who want to survey the lion population for bovine Tuberculosis (bTB).  Obviously this is ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/11/lions-tigers-and-bears/ Hi folks, I thought it about time I gave you an update on the welfare of the snared wild dogs that you will have read about in this blog.  Last year, we managed to remove a snare from around the waist of an adult male dog living in the south of the ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/08/update-on-snared-wild-dogs/ Hi folks, Just a quick post this time (and apologies but no photos!), as I am flat out with the carnivore spoor survey.  We've been starting at 5:00 every day to get to the start of the transects in time for sunrise when we begin driving slowly along the roads. The trackers ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/10/05/carnivore-spoor-survey/ 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 ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/09/29/bedford-pack-pups/ 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 ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/09/22/new-pack-of-dogs-in-the-south/