PAINTED DOGS IN KASUNGU MALAWI

FOR MANY YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF PAINTED DOGS IN KASUNGU IN MALAWI BUT UNTIL RECENTLY THEY WERE BELIEVED TO BE EXTINCT IN MALAWI AND THAT THEY WERE MIGRANT PACKS FROM ZAMBIA. 2 NEW PACKS OF PAINTED DOGS HAVE BEEN SEEN AND RECORDED IN KASUNGU AND THIS INFORMATION WAS SHARED WITH THE PAINTED DOG PROJECT IN ZAMBIA WHERE NONE OF THESE DOGS COULD BE IDENTIFIED AS BREAK AWAY GROUPS FROM ZAMBIA. THIS EXCITING FIND HAS NOW INCREASED THE KNOWN PAINTED DOGS POPULATION OF THE WORLD BY ABOUT 1%.