Mating Wild Dogs

With all the excitement of the morning drive, it did not take much convincing to get my guests to go and follow up on the Wild Dogs again that afternoon. 35 degrees centigrade had ensured that the dogs had not left the shade of their Combretum from the morning. The afternoon sunlight provided us with some superb photo opportunities as the dogs began to get active. Then, too our amazement, the two adults began to mate. This was a first for me as well as my well traveled guests. Even my tracker Chris had not seen this in his 12 year career. The process resembles that of a domestic dog with a gestation of 69-70 days. If the pack sticks around and avoids attention from Lion and Hyena, it will provide guests with an amazing opportunity to view one of Africa’s most vulnerable predators.

Posted: Exeter Lodges by CC Africa, Date: 14 March 2008