All is well.
The dogs were hunting right up in the north of the property today at Formadhunga but went hungry in the evening.
At dawn after a full on pack greeting for the first time in ages as a well structured pack, they headed back south in earnest. They were moving as a well coordinated pack again and hungry as they were they moved at pace keeping on south.
This is some of the best impala country on Malilangwe but somehow they managed to stay clear of the dogs this morning.
Eventually they rested up hungry again just south of Gananda crossing having covered some 12kms in the morning. A distance lions would cover on a really good night of travel.
They were now all looking rather lean but all still looked healthy.
These could be false signs but at least they are hopeful ones.
After finding Toffee dead and waiting for the results on the rabies test, it was 2 weeks before the Alpha female started showing signs of having rabies.
We aren’t sure how long we have to wait to be sure the dogs are going to survive. Only time will tell.
We had been advised by a number of vets to inoculate the dogs again a week or so after the initial inoculation. This mainly as a safety precaution in case we had missed one or the drug/dart didn’t go in properly. While they rested up this morning we were able to get the job done.
Except for Whisky. He’s now suspect of all this activity and is unfortunately losing faith in us, moving off slowly each time we approach. But we’re not too concerned about him as we inoculated him a few weeks ago when we fitted the radio collar. But we will do him again soon anyway.
Good job done Kim… I wish you and the dogs all the best… I hope they appreciate your efforts!! ;-p
Thank you for showing the process. I certainly hope you have saved them. It has been heartbreaking lately.
I thank you for your efforts to save these dogs. I pray that it is a successful move! Thank you also for showing the video of them getting the vaccine.