Wild Dogs - Alpha female kills
Published by Wildcaster 2 years, 3 months ago Tags: africa, blogumentary, education, endangered species, hunting, hyaenas, IUCN Red List, lions, malilangwe, narrowcasting, video, vultures, wild dogs, wildcasting, wildlife, wildlife documentary, zimbabwe.Last night turned out to be a long wait. While parked at the base of the hills we had visit from a lone hyaena just curious to see what was going on. It paced around the car a few times and then decided to join us for a sleep.
In the early hours we were awoken by the signal. The dogs were on the move. We couldn’t stay with them as they headed south along the base of the hills. Far too rocky for any self-respecting vehicle.
Waiting to see what their next move was, they popped out at our vehicles. All the adults were there in good shape and all the alpha pups. Not having seen them for a few days it was good to see all was still well in the ranks. But they just weren’t getting their act together and maybe it was the alpha pups being a drag on the adults. They all lay in a pile to rest but the adults weren’t having any of it and headed back north towards the den. At the base of the hills the adults took off east. I don’t know what happened to the pups. They probably went back to the den.
I also don’t know what happened to the adults. They quickly got rid of us in thick bush. Soldiering on in their general direction we came across the Alpha female having just killed an adult female impala. She was nervous continuously leaving the kill to search the surrounding area.
A black rhino, confused with all the commotion, came trotting in not knowing what was going on and left still none the wiser. Well so it looked and at least he wasn’t about to give us a closer inspection with that horn.
The Alpha female fed well and left. About an hour later she returned with Sash to feed again. She had probably been to the den, fed the pups and come back for more and Sash followed.
They both left well fed again and the carcass was left to the vultures.
When I returned this afternoon they had stripped the carcass leaving very little sign of anything.
This morning I was surprised to find a lioness on the move around 10am. It is unusual to find them moving in this heat, but she had purpose and I lost her heading determinedly east into the hills.
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Hi Kim,
It’s great getting your news on a daily basis and hearing about the African Bushveld. We have been using your stories as reading topics for our English lessons here in Japan.Our students find it very interesting.We are trying to promote Southern Africa as much as we can while on the Mission Field in Japan.
Keep up the good work!
God Bless.
Greg & Delscey
Hi Guys
I’m glad you’re able to use it with the kids. The more we can educate the youth on wildlife and conservation the longer it will be around for their generation and others to come.
Keep up the good work.
I hope you’re getting the video clips too.
Cheers
Kim