Zimbabwe

Painted Hunting Dog Project

The highly endangered African Painted Hunting Dog has disappeared from 25 of the 39 countries in which they were once found. Greg Rasmussen, winner of the Whitley Conservation Award 2001, has been running a conservation programme for 8 years and under difficult circumstances has had considerable success in his efforts to work with farmers and ranchers to protect these animals.

Greg is now focusing his educational efforts onto the local communities. FOC has provided funds to cover the costs of producing booklets about the dogs and their conservation, which will be distributed throughout schools and communities in the range areas.