African Wild dog - Kruger National Park, South Africa
African Wild dogs are endangered mainly due to the fact that they do not defend a territory and thus the space available for them is shrinking, due to the conflict with humans. Kruger National Park is home to around 250 Wild dogs and it is a real treat to see them in the wild.
Cheers
Stu
Stu Porter 11/02/2008 12:38
Hi again Irma,Hope the dogs do well in the Mara - that's great to hear they are reintroducing there too. Problem is lack of available land and the dogs can easily catch diseases from domestic dogs - must be one of the worries for the dogs in the Mara. Being a smaller reserve, Madikwe is probably one of the best places to find & photograph Wild dogs - you will definitely see them there. Any reason why you chose March ? - the grass can be quite thick at that time of year - depending of course on how the rainy season went - global warming has changed a lot of things :) Kruger on the other hand being much larger is very hit and miss affair when it comes to seeing Wild dogs, but its always a thrill to see them.
This one was actually hunting on its own and was running down the side of the road
Cheers for now
Best wishes
Stu
kaito u. irma k. 11/02/2008 0:00
here the movement has been excellently captured!love this most successful hunter!
there are really good rehabilitation and relocation
programs going on in northern TZ and
a small pack has recently been seen in the massai mara again after 20 years of absense :-)
we hope to see them in madikwe next march ;-)
cheers
irma
Katarina A 08/02/2008 8:32
Yes that would be such a treat..they remind me a bit of the hyena..never seen a wild dog in real.. love your pic.Best wishes Katarina
Stu Porter 30/01/2008 21:25
Many thanks Marko :)Cheers Stu
Marko König 29/01/2008 21:45
Very good capture.Regards,
Marko