Wildcast

The dogs haven’t returned.

It was a freezing cold night as the cloud brought in with it a cold front. Well that’s cold for us African’s. (About 10 degrees C) But being out there exposed to the cold all night, it gets right into your bones. And of course I wasn’t prepared for it. So it was a rather miserable night.

After much searching and freezing I still couldn’t find any sign of the lions. I didn’t check to the very east, which is an area they could have moved on to.
The lame buffalo cow eventually died in the early hours of the morning. It’s strange that she should have died so quickly, but maybe she had other complications.

As the ground heated up creating thermals the vultures were in the air by about 9am and were soon onto the buffalo carcass. But by midday they’d all left not having been able to penetrate the buffalo’s thick skin. They need hyaenas or lions to come and open it for them. No doubt they’ll be back.

The wild dogs are still hunting to the west of the Chiredzi river. I sure hope they come back soon.