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3 Comments

1. Emmanuel
   Posted October 24, 2006 at 9:26 am | Permalink

   Wonderful to see the gradual recovery of this species. Do you have any ideas on what measures could be taken to ensure that these wild dogs are safe in your area?

2. Kerry
   Posted October 25, 2006 at 6:21 am | Permalink

   Generally I think most landowners in our area realize that where there is wilddog there is tourism potential and so I have not yet heard of people striking out against them. I do keep my ears to the ground for incidences of livestock predation. Before the wilddog here died off in the 1980s they were known for raiding flocks of sheep and goat and killing many in one go. For behavior like this they were typically shot. I know one rancher in our area that shot three in the 1970s as they were killing his sheep. Today, he welcomes the dogs onto his place as he has given up on sheep and tries to mix tourism with cattle (a more profitable enterprise anyway).

   The best thing that can be done to insure the wellbeing of wilddog in our area is probably the kind of education outreach that Mpala Research Center undertakes. Rosie Woodroffe at Mpala runs a wilddog research project and I understand that she does outreach to local communities. Understanding their movement, the threats they face and educating the local people are probably the best things one can do to safeguard this special animal.

3. Kerry Glen
   Posted February 11, 2007 at 12:31 pm | Permalink

   The Wild Dog disappeared from the area for a few months and we were wondering where they had gone. They are back and were seen on the Ewaso Nyiro River on the 10th February.