
Lucy Ransome
@lucyransome
Behavioural Ecologist @GriffithUniversity & @NatGeoExplorers. PhD: African wild dog social behaviour. #Tech4Wildlife. #RoadEcology. She/her.
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30-07-2009 06:06:53
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Yesalai saw 3 wild dogs yesterday in Samburu. Another great sighting of the dogs- Yesalai and Francis see them often! Dedan Ngatia Rosie Woodroffe #wilddog


How well do you know footprints? Knowledge of footprints is essential for tracking and monitoring movements of wild dogs out the community areas by our community officers and plays a huge part in reducing human-wildlife conflict... IUCN Save Our Species EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺 Mpala Research Centre / @mpalarc.bsky.social


PAINTED WOLF WEDNESDAY The Mara Predator Conservation Programme was set up in 2018 and is based in the Greater Mara Ecosystem, covering around 3000km2, in south-west Kenya. You can read more about MPCP’s work here paintedwolf.org/organisation/m… Image by photographer Nicholas Dyer


“The feeling is absolutely surreal and emotional.” My article in today's The Guardian about the epic return of African wild dogs to Malawi. From African Parks, Endangered Wildlife Trust & Malawi's Department of National Parks and Wildlife theguardian.com/environment/20… #africanwilddogs #conservation

Botswana Predator Conservation (PredatorConservation) has teamed up with researchers from the University of Zurich to publish a study on painted wolf movements within protected corridors. paintedwolf.org/bound-within-b…

1/6 #DICECON21 #HumWild I'm going to tell u abt some research I did with Prof Sarah Durant Stefanie Strebel & Rosie Woodroffe on how fencing affects African wild dog movement patterns and population dynamics #TeamWildDog Paper link: doi.org/10.1017/S00306…



Wildlife experts estimate only 6,600 individuals, or 700 African #WildDog breeding pairs are left on the continent. We’re proud to be part of a recent effort between the Endangered Wildlife Trust and African Parks to save this endangered species. Details: mailchi.mp/ewt.org.za/afr… #GorongosaPark


Did you know that… African wild dogs, despite their common name, are not domestic dogs gone wild - and that despite their scientific name Lycaon pictus (which means painted wolf), they are not a wolf either! #TeamWilddogs IUCN Save Our Species EU International Partnerships 🇪🇺







