http://limpopocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:24:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The population of Wild Dogs on the South African side of the TFCA swelled enormously recently with a visit from a pack from the Tuli Block in Botswana. The visiting pack, numbering in the 20's, came across the dry Limpopo River and spent a few days on farmland, some time ... http://limpopocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/12/02/trans-frontier-movement-of-wild-dogs/ I had a phone call from Azwifarwi, my field assistant, early one morning recently to say that there was a Cheetah stuck in his garden. Somehow it had come through the fence and could not get out. We are desperately trying to catch a Cheetah to fit a radio-collar, but ... http://limpopocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/11/17/a-cat-in-the-garden/ We had a couple of reports of cheetahs on the roads around Venetia a couple of mornings ago, which always poses some concern as roadkill is a major threat to them. One of them went through the fence onto a carnivore-friendly farm and so was out of immediate danger, but ... http://limpopocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/11/06/speed-kills/ We were very lucky to see a male and a female cheetah spending some quality time together on Venetia recently. Adult Cheetahs of opposite sexes do not spend time together for any reason other than for making baby cheetahs, so we were quite excited by this development. With at least ... http://limpopocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/10/24/love-is-in-the-air/ I am very sad to have to tell you all that we do not have even one surviving member of this year's Wild Dog litter. Every single one has gone, and we think they were all accounted for by lions. Our pack has dwindled to just two adult females and ... http://limpopocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/10/14/doggy-disaster/ Our scent stations are taking a serious knock as we carry on with the work in Mapungubwe National Park. Swept areas of sand with scent pads in the middle to lure predators in for a sniff, and so leave evidence of their presence have been highly successful in counting carnivores ... http://limpopocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/09/11/vandalism-on-the-increase/ We are lucky enough this week to have Louise Wilson, a specialist sniffer dog trainer from Wagtail UK Ltd, out to help with our sniffer dog programme. Having made good progress with Snoopy, I was struggling to get Barclay's concentration and Louise has stepped in to help. By assessing both the ... http://limpopocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/26/doggy-bootcamp/ Here it is! The first photo of this year's litter of Wild Dog puppies. There are only six in the photo but there are in fact seven puppies. It is extremely exciting as not only are they remarkably cute, but they are the future of the Venetia Pack. There were other babies seen yesterday ... http://limpopocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/08/baby-boom/ Our call-ups on Mapungubwe National Park took place over two very cold nights and, while we were chilled to the bone, they were a great success. We had good responses from Spotted Hyaenas at all sites, and on the second night we were lucky enough to see Brown Hyaena, Porcupine, ... http://limpopocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/08/leopards-everywhere/ We have seen them at last! I am extremely pleased to report that there are seven new members of our Wild Dog pack. They are doing extremely well to raise so many with only three adults and yearling. Wild Dogs can be very resiliant and bounce back quite quickly in ... http://limpopocarnivores.wildlifedirect.org/2008/08/05/puppies/