Wildlife ACT Blog

Summer baby boom on Ithala Game Reserve

Wildlife ACT conservation volunteers on Ithala Game Reserve have been blown away by all the wonderful animal babies that have just been born after the first summer rain. Our cameras have been... read more

Wild Dog Diaries update: national metapopulation of Wild Dogs 2013

The national managed metapopulation of Wild Dogs is, on the surface, relatively stable if one simply looks at the numbers of individual Wild Dogs and the combined total of approximately 180. Despite... read more

What the African bush means to me

Wildlife ACT's new endangered wildlife monitor, David Parker, shares why he loves and lives for the African bush. David shares his passion with us through his photographs taken in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi... read more

The relevance of fires and controlled burning in game reserves

Fires serve as an important ecological service in an ecosystem. Fire is as natural as rain. Although it is not always nice to experience, it keeps the ecological cycle within the reserve turning.... read more

Wild Dog Diaries: feral dogs are occasionally misidentified as Wild Dogs

There was an incident recently where 12 “wild dogs” slaughtered livestock but were in fact feral domestic dogs. It is important to make the distinction that feral dogs and African Wild Dogs are... read more

Mkhuze Wild Dog pups growing and gaining confidence

A few days ago the Mkhuze Wild Dog pups got brave and chased an adult giraffe for 100 meters. Thandazile, the alpaha female, intervened and got between the pups and the giraffe and furiously growled... read more

International Vulture Awareness Day 2013

To mark International Vulture Awareness Day 2013 our conservation volunteers and wildlife monitors have provided us a bit of information on some of Southern Africa's vulture species. read more

4 new Cheetah cubs found on Mkhuze Game Reserve

A female Cheetah and her four cubs were seen by the Mkhuze Game Reserve field rangers in the south of the reserve yesterday, which is very good news for the Cheetah population in Mkhuze. The... read more

Wild Dog Update: Collaring ‘Ian’

The Wildlife ACT Fund and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife have been trying to get a satellite collar onto the Crossroads Wild Dog Pack in Hluhluwe for over a year. In August, the collar was fitted onto a male... read more

VIDEO: iMfolozi Mountain Bike Challenge 2013

Wildlife ACT's endangered species monitor, Antoine Marchal, rode in this year's iMfolozi Mountain Bike Challenge in aid of 'Non-invasive Wildlife Monitoring'. The mission was to raise awareness and... read more