Mala Mala afternoon

Jacque one of the Rangers said he wanted to go and see the wild dogs and see if we could catch them on the evening hunt. It is a long drive so some did not want to do that. So eight of us set out on the "wild dog hunt"

So we went straight to where we saw them this morning. This time they were in the road and in the bush. There were eight dogs. So a much better sighting. We waited and they moved around and played a little. The other vehicle arrived and within about 15 minutes they were off running straight down the road. Each vehicle took a turn at the front and we had four cars with us. My adrenaline was flowing there is nothing better than chasing wild dog. This lasted about 10 minutes and then the dogs crossed over the boundary into Kruger and we could not follow.
We could see them for a while and then they disappeared.

We stopped and had a sundowners at a beautiful spot on a bank overlooking the river.

Any day I see a wild dog is a great day! Distemper and rabies is killing off whole packs of dogs at an alarming rate. This pack lost their alpha female to lions. We have had a resurgence of dogs in recent years estimated 450 in the greater Kruger area. But I am concerned things are not heading in the right direction for the dogs.