Kruger Wild Dog Project
The Kruger Western Boundary Project identifies edge effects that could be affecting Cheetahs and Wild Dogs inside the Kruger National Park. The Kruger Rare Carnivore Programme encompasses a long-term research and monitoring programme for Wild Dogs and Cheetahs inside Kruger. This study allows for a better understanding of their use of space, distribution within the park, and the ecological and anthropogenic factors that influence their population dynamics. These are determined through a combination of focal animal monitoring, as well as questionnaire surveys and the collation of recent historical photographic and sighting records (from the past 15 years). Focal monitoring sites have been chosen to represent the diversity of Wild Dog and Cheetah population dynamics in the park, as well as to complement other predator projects.