The winter in South Africa’s Lowveld region is usually dry and the bush brown, and beautiful of course. But this winter, thanks to unseasonal rain, the bush is still green and thick. The herbivores have being making the most of it, keeping well fed and strong, and despite this the large carnivores of Painteddog.tv’s immediate home range, Pridelands, are doing very well, in particular the …
March and April were full of fantastic live virtual safaris, an important and ongoing live virtual conservation event, a few very fun festivities, and a new beginning too. We’ve kept you waiting uncharacteristically long since the last newsletter, so let’s get right into it! Conservation CORNER Those of you who have enjoyed our Private Live Virtual Safaris over the last …
In January we focused our gaze on the year’s horizon. In February, we took our first determined steps towards it and launched the inaugural Painteddog.tv Conservation Safaris, with a focus on painted dogs for 2022. Brent and Wium travelled to the Cape to extend the Pack’s range to the unsuppressed beauty of Rogge Cloof Nature Reserve in the Karoo desert, Brent was the master-of-ceremony at the South …
On one paw, it’s difficult to believe the first month of 2022 is behind us, on the other paw, it’s difficult to believe it’s only been one month long. 2022 is poised to be an eventful year at Painteddog TV, and in January we have said a sad goodbye, and busied ourselves doing what we do best, …
November, we are happy to say, was another month that went to the dogs. As well as our usual shenanigans, Painteddog TV was fortunate enough to assist with the Remembering African Wild Dogs book launch. Conservation Corner Remembering Wildlife is a charity book series which includes Remembering Elephants, Remembering Rhinos, Remembering Great Apes, Remembering Lions, Remembering Cheetahs and now in 2021, Remembering African Wild …