Saturday 25 June 2011

WILD DOGS OF KASUNGU MALAWI

FOR MANY YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF WILD DOGS IN KASUNGU IN MALAWI BUT UNTIL RECENTLY THEY WERE BELIEVED TO BE EXTINCT IN MALAWI AND THAT THEY WERE MIGRANT PACKS FROM ZAMBIA. 2 NEW PACKS OF WILD DOGS HAVE BEEN SEEN AND RECORDED IN KASUNGU AND THIS INFORMATION WAS SHARED WITH THE WILD DOG PROJECT IN ZAMBIA WHERE NONE OF THESE WILD DOGS COULD BE IDENTIFIED AS BREAK AWAY GROUPS FROM ZAMBIA. THIS EXCITING FIND HAS NOW INCREASED THE KNOWN WILD DOGS POPULATION OF THE WORLD BY ABOUT 1%.