WILD DOG
MANAGEMENT
RESERVE REQUIREMENTS.
The WAG encourages initiatives that facilitate habitat continuity and the linking of suitable wild dog range. Furthermore, the WAG welcomes initiatives that aim to identify and assess recoverable range, previously inhabited by free-ranging wild dogs.
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The wild dog range expansion project assists to ensure persistence of important sub-populations, however, wild dogs are a wide-ranging carnivore and the need for wild dog-tolerant land stewardship adjoining, or linking metapopulation reserves is seen as a crucial element in ensuring localised persistence of the species.
The Wild Dog Advisory Group has opened the floor for collaborative Wild Dog management across South Africa, which is essential for a managed metapopulation concept, and for sharing ideas and lessons learnt. We have developed and implemented various monitoring and management tools to enhance our Wild Dog conservation efforts. These are accompanied by best management practices and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that have been developed over the past 20 years to ensure that a high ethical standard is maintained.