“Since the retaliatory action, the pack has moved to a neighbouring rural/communal farm. CCF says that unless more awareness is brought to the situation, this kind of conflict could drive the species into extinction.
While cheetah and wild dog are both rare, this area is home to a few remaining packs of wild dogs, a critically endangered species.
Staff from CCF’s – Carnivore Conflict Field Station in the Eastern Communal areas are monitoring the packs’ movements to help prevent additional problems.Ī severe drought during the past couple of years has led to an increase in conflict with livestock and game farmers towards both cheetahs and African wild dogs, particularly in the Eastern Communal area. The critically endangered African wild dog belonged to a pack that is believed to consist of five adults and five or six pups of about three months of age. Attempts to kill African wild dogs on the road intentionally are commonplace in Babwata National Park as well as South Africa and Zimbabwe. As reported to the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT), the dog’s pack had killed a young breeding cow nearby, and the vehicle strike was in retaliation. Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) staff report that the ongoing persecution of African wild dogs (painted wolves) continues, as evidenced by the puppy carcass found on a road in Eastern Namibia – believed to be a victim of an intentional killing.
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