The first task was to build an enclosure to hold them because we knew we could not just take the pack their and release them. All the wisdom pointed towards the need to hold the pack for six months or more in the area we hoped they would stay. Put simply, the longer we hold them in Mana Pools, the more likely they are to forget about their communal land home outside Hwange NP and accept that Mana Pools is their new home.



For this, we needed to find a site and construct an enclosure to hold them. Wilderness Safaris offered their camp infrastructure at their Chikwenya Camp, on the banks of the Zambezi River, and we gratefully accepted. Our team constructed the enclosure and during that process, we discussed all of the logistical needs with Wilderness Safaris for caring for the dogs until we were all happy that everything was in place.