Exploring the complexities of cooperative breeding:
Insights from African wild dog packs.
Cooperative breeding, a rare trait in <1% of mammals, is explored within Africanwild dog packs (Lycaon pictus), where alpha females typically produce the first lit-ters, but subordinate females may also breed…
Climate change is predicted to cause
population collapse in a cooperative breeder
It has been suggested that animals may have evolved cooperative breeding strategies in response to extreme climatic conditions. Climate change, however, may push species beyond their ability to cope with extreme climates, and reduce the group sizes in cooperatively breeding species to a point where populations are no longer viable.
Discover Zimbabwe
Read about Savé Valley Conservancy’s African wild dogs and what the AWCF does to protect them. Lots of great photos.
Greenline Magazine
AWCF features in the ‘Conserving the endangered Wild Dogs of Southern Africa. Lots of great wildlife articles in this issue!
Safaritalk Magazine
A fantastic and detailed interview with AWCF’s CEO Dr Rosemary Groom about wild dogs, conservation, AWCF and the future.
Falcon Rugby Magazine
Taking advantage of this popular local publication. An interesting article about AWCF and the Wild Dogs.
ZimTrader Magazine
Making the most of the publicity, AWCF feature on this great free local publication, with a focus on our Two Ocean Marathon fundraising efforts.