Save the Wild Dogs before it's too late!

Save the Wild Dogs before it's too late!

 I love travel, photography and animals. While I have had the privilege to travel to wonderful destinations around the world, and see amazing animals around the world, for me there is nothing like the wildlife of Africa. SOUTH AFRICA in particular.
These animals that belong to South Africa, their natural habitat, and their home, are unique to our country. These are of the most magnificent in the world.

Tourists flock from all over the world to come and see our wildlife, pay millions to go on a "Safari", yet we ourselves take them for granted. There are so many of our species that are already on the endangered list.

Most of the world is highly aware of the RHINO Plight at the moment, and a plight it is indeed.

Thank goodness we have a lot of activists, conservationists and caring people who are trying to help save them. The 40 Year sentence just passed down to the one criminal charged is a great result, but far from solving the current situation.

However there are many other species in SA that also need our help to protect, and try and get off the endangered list.

One of these, which is dear to my heart, is the African Wild Dogs.

There are an estimated 450 African Wild Dogs(also known as the African Painted Dog) left in South Africa, and a meagre 3500 in the whole of Africa.

This is critically low, and the possibility of this species being wiped out forever is a real probability.

My family, who are Kruger Park addicts, to say the least, have been travelling to the Kruger Park for 40 years already. And as children growing up in the East Rand of Johannesburg, a regular annual visit to the Kruger was the standard, If not two or three times a year.

As I moved to Cape Town after finishing  my studies, my visits to the park became less frequent, well at least once every second year. In all these years of visits, my parents have only seen Wild Dogs a handful of times at the most. That is how scarce and elusive they are. Never mind the Big 5, this is the one we are always wanting to see.

About 4 years ago, was the first time I ever got to see a pack of Wild Dogs. Luckily enough we followed them down the road for kms. It was fascinating and so exciting. My last trip two years ago, we were not as lucky. We are back in a months time for a family Christmas in Kruger, and I am hoping to see another Wild Dog, and show them to my husband who has never seen one.

However this thought brought about my interest in their current plight. I honestly believe that if we do not all do something to save them from the current snares and poaching that is taking place in Kruger and the rest of South Africa, then photographs is all we will have of them.

Hence I decided to pledge my support.

I don't want to sit back and be passive any more, I want to act and be active for this cause.

I have signed up as an activist, with a project called "Save the Wild Dogs before it's too late!" 

Click here to link to my project page on the Givengain website:

Save the Wild Dogs before it's too late!

This project benefits "African Wild Dog: Anti-Snare Collars", a program of Wildlife ACT Fund.

For this project I have set the goal to raise R10000,00 for the fund for "Anti-Snare Collars" for the Wild Dogs. Anti-Snare tracking collar cost R5000,00 each.Therefore this is only two collars, and two dogs. But we have to start somewhere.

I will be sending regular information on how the project is progressing with regular updates on the dogs.

I would like to ask you all donate an amount, no matter how small to help me raise these funds to help save the last few remaining Wild Dogs of Southern Africa.

The fund is very easy to contribute to, and the money is being used very effectively.

Follow this Blog for project news on the Wild Dogs, as well as funds raised.

Follow the project link to make a safe, easy and secure donation now:

Click here to make a donation now to help save the Wild Dogs

Send me your comments, and let me know if you want more information.

You can also follow the link below to read more about the 
African Wild Dog: Anti-Snare Collars project. 

You can also read more on the work that the Wildlife Act Fund is doing in this regard on their website www.wildlifeactfund.org or visit their  Facebook page.

Get involved, make a difference.