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Hi Guys,

Got back from the park last weekend this time and was really lucky with the wild dogs. After having seen just a lone wild dog on the LS - Skukuza road back in 2008 this time around I had infinitely more luck.

I got to see on the 26/04/10 on the H7 some 5 km Orpen camp what must have been close to 20 dogs just lying off the road. Difficult to get an accurate count as they were lying around all scattered. Really great to finally see a pack

My luck would continue on the 28/04/10 as three were seen lying under some trees at the intersection of the H12 & H1-2 about 5m from the road.

More was to come the following day at the intersection of the H4-2 & S28 at about 17h15 as 14 doggies were just standing in the road after which they all trotted single file scanning the bush looking for their next meal. A few hunderd metres further 2 straddlers of the same pack were running on the road trying to catch up their mates. My sighting for the day was now 16

My best luck with wild dogs ever !!!

Will try & put up some pics .

Donny wrote :

As promised here are some of the pics :

This is the pack as seen on the H7, estimated at close to 20.










These doggies were seen at the T of H12 / H1-2.





Bush was quite thick and they were lying down after which one got up and trotted further in the bush.

ANd my last sighting for my April trip was on the H4-2. Really great to see them active and about. Sorry pics are not the best as light was not good and still had a distance to Lower Sabie.

Here they are just standing around and revving one another up for a hunt. Really great to see them interact like this. 14 of them.



They set off on the hunt first spreading out as in the pic after which they took up a single file formation.



Finally 2 straddlers further behind that took the tally to 16.

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Great Donny

Thanks o-dog !!

What great luck you had Donny!!

On Thursday 13 May at about 08:45 we came across a pack of 9 Wild Dog heading north on the H-3. We followed them for about 1 km while they walked up the road. Then came the Biyamiti River Bridge. They started walking onto the bridge but suddenly realised they were way above the ground. I will see if I can attach a pic of one peering over the railings of the bridge. They suddenly became nervous and after a few minutes headed back off the bridge and went down to the river. I can honestly say that they really seemed to be nervous whilst on the bridge. Can anyone comment on this behaviour.

Interesting

I am sure all the fundies like Bush Baptist, Imberbe, Ndloti and many others will give you an answer soon

After many trips to KNP my wife and I eventually got our best sighting of Wild Dog. It was on Thursday 13 May at about 08:45 heading north on the H-3 about 1km before Biyamiti Bridge. We followed them until at the bridge - see my report under "Mammals" when they went down to the river. My wife must have taken about 40 pics of these wonderful creatures. It was a pity to see that one of them could not walk on his left front foot. One wonders what will happen to him/her. Anyway - enough chatter. Here are some of the pics. Three have been submitted to the Public Sightings Gallery.






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wow nice
I love that along the river

Remarkable, steamtrainfan!

All I can say is that they have quite often been seen wandering about on the pretty high dome of Shabeni Hill near Pretoriuskop, even presumably denning there!

They can be pretty jittery and overactive sometimes, and their close pack structure and strong leadership by the alphas may also play a role should they feel isolated from them.

Was the whole pack on the bridge?

Hi Richprins. Only 4 of the 9 were on the bridge. The one peering over the edge was really jittery. They seemed very unsure of themselves and soon turned back and joined the others on terra firma.

Seen in the Biyamiti area (can't remember which road) in September











As you can see, there were quite a few of them! (this pic was taken first as we were approaching them - we had no idea that they would be so kind as to stick around for a while!!)

OMG BushFairy they are so beautiful!!!
I am out in August and can't wait. Will be doing my research to see where these guys are.
Thank you

Thanks Sable2, good luck for August, will be holding thumbs for you to see LOTS of dogs!!