Across the border - Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE’S SAVÉ By: Leslie Nevison Photos: Leslie Nevison
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prefer dogs to most people. A wild dog sighting while on safari is therefore as close as I come to a religious experience. I am not the only one who reacts this way. My guests cried after seeing wild dogs in Zimbabwe’s Savé Valley Conservancy. My guests and I were in Savé to see wild dogs. We knew there was a pack denning on the Chishakwe Ranch, one of
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the 14 private concessions which comprise the conservancy. We planned on going to the den the following morning with researchers from the Lowveld Wild Dog Project, which is provided housing and logistical support by Chishakwe. Mark, Chishakwe’s exclusive guide, suggested a game drive to the waterhole for sunset. I was out of the vehicle fiddling with camera settings when Josiah, Mark’s scout, said softly, ‘The dogs are coming.’ After 20 years of safaris, there are no sweeter words to me than ‘The dogs are coming’. Four adults and a 10-week-old pup appeared through the brush at the far end of the pan. We stared at each other
