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African Wild Dog: An Ambassador for World’s Largest Nature Reserve
The world’s largest nature conservation area lies in southern Africa, comprising 520,000 square kilometers that span five countries. A study from the University of Zurich has now shown that the critically endangered African wild dog mostly remains within the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) during its long periods of migration. This confirms that the wildlife corridors most important for the conservation of the African wild dog and other threatened species fall within the boundaries of KAZA’s protected zone.
African wild dogs in the Moremi Game Reserve in northern Botswana. The animal in front has a GPS collar that records the distance travelled during migration. (Image: Arpat Ozgul/UZH)