Lowveld Wild Dog Project

African wild dogs are an endangered species. Sustainable populations live in only eight of the thirty-nine countries where they once existed and there are thought to be only c. 5,500 individuals left in the wild.

The Lowveld Wild Dog Project was started in 1996 with a focus on the Savé Valley Conservancy in south-east Zimbabwe. The project has recently expanded in scope to investigate the conservation status of African wild dogs in the Zimbabwean part of the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area, which includes parts of Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique.

This wild dog population is a crucial part of the global population and yet it is severely threatened by a variety of factors including habitat loss, human persecution, by-catch in wire snares set by bushmeat poachers, declining prey populations and disease. Having determined the major threats to the wild dog population, our work focuses on actively implementing strategies to reduce these threats and improve the conservation viability of this fragile but remarkable species.

*** Please see our blog at http://zimbabwewilddogs.wildlifedirect.org for regular updates from this project ***

Contact Us

Contact the Lowveld Wild Dog Project at rosemary@africanwildlifeconservationfund.org
 
 

African Wild Dogs and puppies

Photo: T. Binford-Walsh. Used by permission.