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We had the chance to stay about one hour and a half looking at a pack of twenty last february on the S139 ( private Biyamiti road ) .
Two days after we saw 4 of them on the H1-2

We were very fortunate as well. On 12 March 2010 we spotted 9 WD's on the H3 and later that day we spotted 6 WD's next to the H5-1. On 13 March 2010 we spotted the 6 WD's again on the H4-1.

Herewith some of the 9 dogs:



And here the 6 dogs:

WOW, I am so envious of all the fantastic WD sightings of late.
Lucky lucky mites.

Because they chase down their prey, they are often seen on or alongside roads.

Hello Bert,

I was also in the park on the 12th - saw the dogs on the main road as well - we sat there for more than an hour - we had 2 of them about 1,5 metres from the car (I was parked on the RHS of the road - the two were really hot and kept digging deeper into the ground to keep coll - then we saw the others - about 30 metres in - we counted 15 in the bush - so about 17 dogs (this may have been the same dogs you saw - and probably all the dogs reffered to as being close to Afsaal that morning)

Two days later we saw a pack lying in the river bed along the Wategat road late afternoon - this was a pack of about 8 - going back to camp we tole a couple that there were wild dogs - they just said OH - no interest ??????

Seems like dogs are being seen quite often lately

Saw 7 wild dogs on the S1 ( Phabeni gate ) on the 27 th March 2010.

We stopped at the Mathekenyane 'get-out' point on the 29th of March to stretch our legs and have a cup of coffee. Basically got chased back into our car by a pack of wild dogs. Was amazing to see. They sniffed around a car for a while and headed down towards the H1-1.
Shows you - 'get-out' point or not - you need to be careful. You never know what is lurking in the bushes.

Stayed in Skukuza on the weekend of 27 - 28 March 2010. Saw wild dogs twice this weekend! Saturday at 5:30 just outside of Skukuza next to the Sabie river, 6 of them. And again on Sunday on the S65 dirt road. They were quite in a hurry, as we followed these 7 wild dogs for kilometers at 30-40km/h!
This was a great birthday present for me, as it was my birthday on the 27th!

Gosh you are so lucky to see WD. I´ll never saw WD till now, but I want to see them..... .... .Anway I have got a question, does Reports exist where WD attack humans? because from the Power these animals have, they should be able to do so, but I never heard a Story of that Szenario.

Best Regards Malealea

Malealea, as far as I know, they don't like humans. Can't blame them really.

My daughters walked into a wild dog pack recently on a bush walk. The dogs were chasing an impala. The walking group was probably seen as competition. They were certainly not seen as prey.

Dogs don't like us, they give way, I don't blame them.

Now Scips saw the dogs this weekend, I will try and find them early tomorrow.

hi

that sounds very intresting that it seems that mainly cats and hayenas attack humans.

@MM

That must be a great experince welli´m akind of jealous :-)

Possibly more than 10 were at N'watimhiri waterhole Friday 2 April .

Saw the doggie 3 times on our last 5 trips to Kruger.

September 2008 - on S4 close to Phabeni gate

September 2009 - Between Skukuza and LS (closer to Skukuza)

April 2010 - Between LS and Skukuza (closer to LS)

Guys it's just luck...and getting up real early to se them...

Hi Can anyone tell me of any sightings up north - shingwedzi and Punda area, we will be there in 2 weeks time and I am still desperatly searching for them for my duaghter? I have heard that there is a pack in that area. Any clue where they might be at the moment??