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Painted Dog Conservation (PDC) - First Quarter Project Update April 2021

Our Research and Children's Bush Camp activities were among the most impacted by COVID-19, the latter being totally shut since March 2020. Now that regulations permit we are getting back on track, and you can read about our continued anti-poaching work, doing our part in the fight against the pandemic and adjusting our lives accordingly at PDC.

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As you know, many of our activities and programmes had been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are happy to report that life is beginning to get back to normal, or at least the so-called β€œnew normal” with most of our programme areas now operational again.

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Painted Dog Conservation (PDC) Annual Report 2020

2020 was one of the most challenging of all years, dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic of course. It's appropriate to pause and reflect on the immense suffering, which is still impacting so many on a scale that is hard to fathom. Life at PDC had to continue and we managed to do so thanks to your incredible support.

2020 was one of the most challenging of all years, dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic of course. It's appropriate to pause and reflect on the immense suffering, which is still impacting so many on a scale that is hard to fathom.

Life at PDC had to continue and we managed to do so thanks to your incredible support. Below you can read about how we sailed through, from protecting our staff, protecting painted dogs from escalating levels of poaching, helping the community and the amazing story of Didi, one of the most successful alpha-females known.

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Painted Dog Conservation (PDC) - Third Quarter Project Update September 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is, of course, still dominating the landscape and continuing to impact all of us on a day-to-day basis, presenting challenges that we never knew existed a few months ago…

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The COVID-19 pandemic is, of course, still dominating the landscape and continuing to impact all of us on a day-to-day basis, presenting challenges that we never knew existed a few months ago. March and April were excruciatingly long months but since then time seems to have flown past and it’s hard to believe that we are into October already. Schools here are just opening and at the same time talking about when they will close for Christmas!

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Painted Dog Conservation (PDC) - Mid-Year Project Update

Read about life at PDC and how the global challenges we all face at this time are impacting our conservation efforts, the lives of the people we work with and not least the lives of the painted dogs.

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We are grateful to everyone who has supported us, and continues to support us, during this difficult time. Our mid-year project update for the year 2020 is out with the latest news from Painted Dog Conservation about how we are coping with the pandemic.

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