All our wildiife is more than precious, there cannot be exceptions, BUT

. . I saw the documentary on these dogs and how the complete pack was killed through Rabies. It was one of the most emotional heart rendering documentaries I have ever watched.

When the last male hung his head and tried to call the other members and there was "NONE" around to come to his call, that was it . . . they can become extinguished so easily, we have to protect them.

They are so intelligent, beautiful, so active and they only take what they need to survive. People have to be educated about these dogs - they have a right to survive! Let us work together for the sake of this species.

My trip to Kruger this summer, I came upon a pack of African Wild Dogs on the hunt. The warthog they caught was certainly not a happy camper. Watched from my jeep the wild dogs do their stuff.

Absolutely amazing how they managed to work together so effortlessly. We followed the mother back to her den with food in her mouth to feed the pups that were cautiously waiting. I watched and tracked this event in its entirety.

I am saddened by these dogs losing their habitat and becoming endangered. So much more can be done to protect them.

Hi Colin, well done for your efforts into raising awareness about these lovely creatures.

I have shared your site through our Facebook page, we are African Children's Book Project and we are making books for children from African folk stories. Our 3rd book has a AWD as an important character and we hope to help raise their profile.

Please let me know if I may link to your site to help us help each other help those who help the dogs! Piers

I've just returned from my 3rd volunteering project in southern africa and am both fascinated by and fearfull for the AWD. They are the most beautifull creatures, so well done for your work.

Next year I am heading to South Africa to take part in Bushwise, after which I will a fully trained fieldguide/field conservationist. I am hoping to work with conservation of the wild dogs thereafter, and was wondering what advice or help you may be able to offer or people i may be able to contact to work with! Keep up the great job and sorry for the essay.
kriss

Hello Colin. I couldn't find an email address for you so I thought it best to post a message. Firstly, may I say that I genuinely love the concept of the site.

I am a conservation photojournalist and I have worked closely with EWT for the last 3 years to produce my new book 'Underdogs', which I have both written and photographed. I will be making a donation from sales to wild dog conservation work and I wondered if this was a publication that you would be happy to publicise to users of your site or signpost them to.

The book is a photo-led conservation coffee table book and so is not academic in its outlook but looks at what makes them so special, the reasons for their decline and the efforts being made to secure a future for the species in South Africa and beyond. Please do contact me as the book is at the printers and has just gone live for taking pre-orders.

I am also doing a free talk about wild dogs at the Natural History Museum in London on the 13th of December 2011 if any of your site users would be interested. Many thanks Colin for your time but most importantly, for your site. Kind regards, Neil Aldridge.