Een achtbaan van emoties

Geplaatst op 27/10/2016

Het is voor de eerste keer in de geschiedenis van het Painted Dog Conservation project dat er niet één maar zelfs twee honden worden gevonden die nog met hun valstrik vast zitten aan een boom.

Dog Call 8,94: Agenda / A rollercoaster of emotions / PDC Project update / Research

Dog Call 8,94
News about PDC and the Painted Dogs

Dear Friends of the Painted Dogs,

A rollercoaster of emotions

Agenda / A rollercoaster of emotions / PDC Project update / Research

Agenda

You can find with us with a stand at the coming events:

Verre Reizen Event
When: October 22 & 23
Where: Fokker Terminal The Hague

There will be two presentations about a unique trip to a unique project (in room 6):
Saturday October 22nd: 1.10 PM
Sunday October 23rd: 11.50 AM

Hond 2016
When: December 9,10 &11
Where: RAI Amsterdam

A rollercoaster of emotions

We have had a rollercoaster of emotions concerning the rescue of Thokozile (Thoko) and death of Momotheka (Momo) of the Gurangwenya pack at the same time and spot.

It is the first time in the history of the PDC project a dog is found alive in a snare that’s pinned to a tree, let alone two dogs.

Saturday, September 24th seems to be a "normal" day to be in the Bush:

8:56 AM: Bingo! Washington picks up the radio signal from the collar of Thokozile. We stop to determine the direction of the signal. The signal comes from behind on our left. We turn around and the signal gets louder.
At 6:45 AM Washington, the tracker of the PDC project, is already waiting. Together with his colleagues Jealous, head tracker, and Ishmael, vet, he is the team, that will take us to find the Gurangwenya pack, named after the same river. The Land Rovers take us through the rocky trails with steep slopes.
05.45 AM Driving with guests of the Painted Dog sponsor trip from Camp Kapula to Sinamatella, a mountainous region in the northwest of Hwange National Park.

"There!", shouts Jealous and indeed we spot a dog with his big ears above the grass looking at us. I quickly film him before he might disappear again. Unfortunately this turns out to be impossible ....... he's half-strangled in a trap.

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We already mentioned it in Dog Call, 8,90, but we cannot thank you enough for all your support. We are not only incredibly grateful for the generous support but, as proves the above event, your help makes the difference in the field.

We like to protect more dogs by buying more protective collars but the collars are expensive, very expensive (800 US $ each).

You can help us! Any donation is more than welcome.

Donate now

Just click at the picture above for a personal message by Peter Blinston, Executive Director of the PDC project.

PDC Project update

Above all I again want to thank you all for supporting us through such challenging times. For your encouragement and for the strength you give us to keep going.

Also featured is the work of our Conservation Clubs and a unique approach to making the local villagers more aware of the work we do. You will also be introduced to our talented vehicle mechanic, Mr Last Marozhe.

Read about the successful efforts to save the life of an alpha female plus our struggles with the ongoing poaching.

Research

Nyamatusi Pack
Still under the leadership of a young alpha pair, the Nyamatusi pack has managed to defend all their seven pups’ since the day of their birth. The pups are over two months old and are nearing the nomadic life

Nyakasanga Pack
The Nyakasanga pack is specialist in successfully hunting and killing baboons. This month we witnessed seven baboon kills in a period of five days. They killed even as huge of adult male baboons on four occasions. This is not a common trend in recorded dogs’ behaviour and is such an interest to the PDC research team.

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Nyakasanga Pack pups with impala skin.

Have a nice day,

Met vriendelijke groet,

Ron van der A
Stichting Painted Dog Conservation
Tel: 0031 (0)182 516627
Mob: 0031 (0)6 14541394
Terwindtplein 3
2807 RP Gouda
The Netherlands
http://www.painteddogconservation.nl/
http://www.painteddog.org/

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