Anti Snare Collars to help save the last remaining Wild Dogs

Thanks to all those who have donated to my fund raising campaign, to help save the wild dogs before its too late.
I only have 31 days left to raise the rest of the funds, so I need all your help please.

Here is some more info re the Anti Snare Collars and some updates via Wildlife Act's 

www.wildlifeact.com

5 reasons why Wildlife ACT collar and monitor Wild Dogs

04 Oct 2012 | Kevin Emslie

With the monitoring of Wild Dogs (also known as the African Painted Dog) forming the basis of Wildlife ACT’s wildlife monitoring work in Zululand, we’re often asked by our conservation volunteers about the necessities and purposes of monitoring the most endangered large carnivore in southern Africa:

• ‘Why do we need to monitor the Wild Dogs so intensively?’
• ‘Why do we need to see them every day?’
• ‘Why do we always need to know where they are?’
• ‘Do they all need to wear those collars?’

These are just a few of the questions that we are asked on a weekly basis and it is imperative that both our conservation volunteers and the public understand why we do what we do.

Here are 5 reasons WHY:

1. Studying the animals and recording behavioural, social and feeding patterns for research purposes.

2. Monitoring is an effective way of keeping track of these animals’ movements and demographics and learning about theirecology and population structures.

3. Monitoring these animals intensively allows us to predict future movements and possible dispersals of individuals from their packs.

4. We are able to detect if animals have left the confines of the park, allowing us to act immediately to bring them back,preventing conflict and interaction with humans and domesticated animals (eg. Domestic dogs, which could be carriers of Rabies, Parvo or Distemper virus).

5. By being in the field with them on a day-to-day basis we pick up on poaching incidences quickly, animals dispersing from the confines of the reserve and injuries from fighting and predation.

So, there is method to Wildlife ACT’s madness of racing around after Wild Dogs in the heart of Zululand. The only question that remains now is: are you willing to join us as a conservation volunteer and help us fight against the odds for the survival of this amazing animal?

Helping...............

Remember you can help with donating funds via my Givengain account for the anti snare collars, 

you can also help buy linking your My School Woolworths cards to Wildlife Act - therefore a percentage of sales goes to the Wild Dogs funds.

Also if you do need a shopping bag, buy the Woolworths Wildlife ones (painted Dogs) bag, R9.00 from the sale of each bag goes to this Wildlife act fund for the Anti Snare collars.

Please Help me raise the remaining funds for these two collars..

Thank You