Green Dogs Conservation

So as part of our throwbacks, I thought I would include our work on Riverine Rabbits. Way back in 2011 we did some work for the EWT surveying south of the Outeniqua Mountains in the area around Barrydale and Montague. Pretty much all the work done on this species until that point had been done around Loxton. It was a new survey area and we learned a lot from it. Run totally independently from each other, both dogs indicated on hillsides, which was not considered Riverine Rabbit habitat. We followed up with camera traps, which confirmed the dogs were right, and an individual rabbit was physically trapped at the site the dogs both indicated on, allowing for genetic samples to be taken. It was a new area to survey and we found and confirmed new findings with the dogs. With a name like Bunolagus monticularis, it suggests that their tendency to go up hillsides was known at some point, but got lost along the way somewhere. I have still never been to Loxton, but I hear it is lovely.

When it's 36 degrees but there is energy to burn, we swim! Great cardio, great muscle conditioning, low impact on either growing or aging joints and there is no risk of heatstroke, even though the water feels like a warm bath.