Mum's Mail Durban, Pietermaritzburg and Midlands - September 2020

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Africa’s Wild Dogs - A Survival Story AFRICA’S WILD DOGS – A SURVIVAL STORY IS A LARGE-FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHIC CELEBRATION OF ONE OF THE CONTINENT’S MOST CHARISMATIC AND ENDANGERED PREDATORS.

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ith only about 6 600 wild dogs left in Africa today, wildlife photographer Jocelin Kagan has made it her mission to bring the extraordinary lives of these often misunderstood and maligned animals into the spotlight. Her remarkable images of rarely seen interactions between the animals and her

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personal observations are supported the insights of an array of scientific experts their contributions discuss the fascinating behaviour and pack dynamics of these efficient hunters. Nomadic predators whose territories range thousands of kilometres, wild dogs hunt co-operatively, preying on small herbivores. They are nonconfrontational, smart and sociable, and form complex and close family bonds, as this fascinating book reveals. Now restricted to small populations and threatened by human persecution, diseases, habitat fragmentation, climate

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change and natural predation, the conservation of these dogs will be supported by the royalties earned from the sale of this book. Wildlife photographer Jocelin Kagan holds a Henley Management College MBA, is an educator and public speaker, and the author of four books. She is a passionate advocate for wild dogs and has been tracking and photographing them since 2010. She has also been involved in international campaigns to raise funds for their conservation. All royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to the Africa’s Wild Dog Survival Fund.


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Africa’s Wild Dogs - A Survival Story

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