Report a wild dog encounter

If you have encountered African wild dogs, or signs of African wild dogs, in the last 20 years we are keen to hear about it! Your reports will go into an international database that will be used to plan conservation efforts for this endangered species. We are particularly keen to hear news from countries which have not been well-surveyed, such as Angola, Sudan, Chad, and CAR. However sightings from all areas are extremely welcome. If you have previously reported your sighting to a well-established monitoring system (e.g. Tanzania's "wild dog watch"), you don't need to report it again. However if you're in doubt, please report your encounter: we will ensure that the information is shared with the appropriate national or local monitoring systems.

About your encounter

When did you encounter wild dogs? Please be as precise as possible.

Day:

Month:

* Year:

* What kind of encounter did you have with wild dogs? (tick all that apply)

I saw a live wild dog	I found a dead wild dog
I heard wild dogs calling	I found wild dog tracks or droppings
I saw an active wild dog den

If you saw live wild dogs, please tell us how many you saw

Adults:

Pups:

If you saw pups, how big were they?

Do you think you saw the whole group?

yes

no

Are you confident you saw at least one adult MALE in the group?

yes

no

Are you confident you saw at least one adult FEMALE in the group?

yes

no

Do you have photographs of the wild dogs, or wild dog signs, that you saw?

yes

no

Please give us any further details about your encounter that you think may be relevant. For example, tell us what live dogs were doing when you saw them (e.g. feeding on a kudu kill), or the cause of death for a wild dog found dead (e.g. road kill).

About the place where you encountered wild dogs

* In what country did you encounter wild dogs?

* What is the name of the place where you encountered wild dogs?

If possible, please provide a GPS location (or map coordinates) for your encounter. Please also tell us what coordinate system you are using

Longitude (easting)

Latitude (northing)

Coordinate system

degrees, minutes, seconds

decimal degrees

UTM (universal transverse mercator)

other (please specify)

What is the land use where you encountered wild dogs?

national park or reserve (no legal hunting)

game reserve or game management area (hunting restricted)

private game ranch

private livestock ranch

community land

other (please specify)

What was the habitat type where you encountered wild dogs?

forest (continuous trees over 10m tall, canopy interlocking)

woodland (open trees at least 8m tall, canopy cover >40%)

bushland (open bushes 3-7m tall, canopy cover >40%)

wooded grassland (mainly grass & herbs; woody plants 10-40%)

grassland (mainly grass & herbs, woody plants <10%)

desert (low vegetation cover in arid area)

afro-alpine (mixed vegetation on high mountains, frost likely year-round)

mangrove (open or closed trees between high and low watermark)

freshwater swamp

saline swamp

human (vegetation profoundly modified by people (e.g. cultivation, village)

other (please specify)

About you

* Please tell us your name. This will only be used to identify the source of your report in the database, and won't be made public. We will only contact you if you give your permission (see below)

* Please tell us a little about your experience of wildlife in Africa

I have spent many months or years working with wildlife in Africa (e.g. biologist, safari guide, ranch manager)

I have spent many months or years living in the African bush (e.g. aid worker)

I have made many visits to the African bush (e.g. regular tourist)

this was my first visit to the African bush

* Please tell us a little about your previous experience of wild dogs

I immediately knew that this was a wild dog because I had seen or heard them repeatedly (more than 3 times) in the past

I immediately knew that this was a wild dog because I had seen or heard them occasionally (1-3 times) in the past

I immediately knew that this was a wild dog, even though I had never seen or heard one before, because I was familiar with them from TV, books or magazines

I did not immediately know what the animal was. I was told by a more experienced companion (e.g. a safari guide) that it was a wild dog

I did not know what the animal was when I encountered it. I later identified it as a wild dog from a field guide or other source

* May we contact you for further details on this encounter?

yes

no

If you answered "yes" above, please give us your e-mail address:

Many thanks for taking the time to report your encounter!

Please add any other comments that you think are relevant:

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