Tembe: Wild Dogs, Lions and Rhino

The 8 Wild Dog puppies in Tembe are healthy and growing daily. Having four captive-bred males as new fathers was initially cause for concern for this pack; but they have proved us all wrong, excelling in all of their parenting duties. The puppies have now started eating solid meat with the rest of the pack.

Volunteers on Tembe have started to compile identikits for this wild dog pack, which involves spending the mornings at the boma doing observations. This is a critical part of data collection which will ensure accurate monitoring in the future.

Volnteers have also been busy with the monitoring of lions on the reserve after the recent collaring project which took place there a few months ago. Wildlife ACT volunteers on Tembe Reserve also recently observed the darting and capture of two White Rhino (mother and calf), which had been allocated to be relocated to Hluhluwe iMfolozi Park (HiP).