The only viable population of wild dogs in South Africa is in the Kruger National Park although introductions have been made to three other reserves in this country.
Wild dogs are one of only three mammals in South Africa that are endangered.
This release was successful but numbers declined after 1993. This was to enable the population to become part of the proposed Southern African Metapopulation. Besides these successes in awareness we have also learned a great deal about wild dog reintroductions and this has greatly contributed to their conservation. We now have a better understanding of pack formation in bomas and the integration of introduced dogs into existing wild dog packs. The project has for the first time monitored the formation of a new pack consisting of existing and reintroduced wild dogs - obviously extremely important for their conservation.