Blog posts for April 2013

Wild Dogs denning in Hluhluwe

It appears that the alpha female Wild Dog of the Crossroads Pack in the Hluhluwe section of Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park is denning at the moment. The Crossroads Pack currently consists of five dogs, and... read more

Wild Dog diaries: The life and times of Norma

There really wasn’t much left of the tracking collar. It was still giving out a reasonably strong signal, but there wasn’t much more than a scuffed brown battery/transmitter block attached to a... read more

African wildlife caught on camera! (part 2)

Baboon bush school! This troop of Chacma Baboons was captured in action by one of the 60 cameras that are currently positioned in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park for the Wildlife ACT - Panthera Leopard... read more

African wildlife caught on camera! (part 1)

All the conservation volunteers at both Wildlife ACT projects in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (South Africa) have been busy with the Panthera Leopard Census. The 60 cameras being used are placed in pairs... read more

Conservation volunteers get camera trapped!

Wildlife ACT received 60 cameras from Panthera for the Leopard Census that took place in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa. Here are some photos taken by these cameras - showing the confusion and... read more

Conservation Volunteers Assist with Panthera Leopard Census

The Wildlife ACT conservation volunteers in Hluhluwe are currently being kept very busy with the fieldwork and administration for the Panthera Leopard Census in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa.... read more

Wild Dog diaries: Are emails taking conservationists out of the field?

I recently received some fan mail and thought it would be interesting to those of you who do not work in Wild Dog conservation to understand some of the unusual partnerships we occasionally have to... read more