http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org Conservation of endangered wild dogs Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:11:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi folks, We recently had an incredible sighting of the wild dogs in the Bedford Pack.  Misheck and I went out to find the dogs in order to download the GPS collar on the pack.  It was a stifflingly hot day, and given the strength and direction of the collar signals ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/18/a-carpet-of-wild-dogs/ Here, as promised, are some photos from Mozambique.  It really is a stunning coastline, and was a real privilege to spend time there.  I must say I needed the break too... You don't get a lot of sleep when you are working on wild dogs in the day time and ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/14/mozambique/ Hi folks, I got back from Mozambique yesterday - what a stunning country that is!  I will post a few photos in the next blog just to make you all jealous.  In the meantime, I wanted to share these photos of Rueben's baby daughter with you.  He just came back from ... http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org/2009/11/13/ruebens-baby-daughter/ 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/