An African Painted Dog Without a Patch
How could a young African Painted Dog explore the grasslands of the Serengeti without getting into trouble? Patch thought he had the answer, until the lions showed up.
Introducing my second book, An African Painted Dog Without a Patch, a fictional story with non-fiction woven into it. Your children will enjoy the adventures of the character as well as learn about the animals of Africa. The illustrations add a touch of humor to the story.
I am very excited about this book. I had a great deal of fun drawing the illustrations and bringing the character to life.
I had spent many hours studying and observing the pack of African Painted Dogs at several zoo's around the USA. These animals are highly endangered in the wild of Africa. Also known as the Wild Dog, I feel it is important to teach my readers about this amazing animal.
Review from The Painted Dog Protection Initiative
Anna Grob's lovely new book An African Painted Dog Without a Patch is an informative and entertaining story highlighting the importance of family in caring for new pack members in a striking and charismatic, yet often overlooked, endangered species. We hope that it inspires others to join in helping spread awareness and support efforts to protect the unique African Painted Dog.
-Katie McHugh & Brandon Davis, founding members, Painted Dog Protection Initiative
Below are illustrations from the book.
How could a young African Painted Dog explore the grasslands of the Serengeti without getting into trouble? Patch thought he had the answer, until the lions showed up.
Introducing my second book, An African Painted Dog Without a Patch, a fictional story with non-fiction woven into it. Your children will enjoy the adventures of the character as well as learn about the animals of Africa. The illustrations add a touch of humor to the story.
I am very excited about this book. I had a great deal of fun drawing the illustrations and bringing the character to life.
I had spent many hours studying and observing the pack of African Painted Dogs at several zoo's around the USA. These animals are highly endangered in the wild of Africa. Also known as the Wild Dog, I feel it is important to teach my readers about this amazing animal.
Review from The Painted Dog Protection Initiative
Anna Grob's lovely new book An African Painted Dog Without a Patch is an informative and entertaining story highlighting the importance of family in caring for new pack members in a striking and charismatic, yet often overlooked, endangered species. We hope that it inspires others to join in helping spread awareness and support efforts to protect the unique African Painted Dog.
-Katie McHugh & Brandon Davis, founding members, Painted Dog Protection Initiative
Below are illustrations from the book.
An African Painted Dog Without a Patch
Written and Illustrated by Anna Grob
Was release March 5, 2016
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About African Painted Dogs
The African Painted Dog - also known as African Wild Dog, Painted Dog, Painted Wolf and Cape Hunting Dog. They are found in the grasslands and lowlands forest of Africa. Painted dogs are very social animal that lives in a family group called a pack. The female can average 10- 14 pups in a litter.
Each family member has a special role. They grieve when they loose a member of their pack using a very low Hooooo calling. They also use squeaks and chirps sounding almost like birds as part of their vocal communication.
African Painted Dogs are highly endangered in the wild. Their range was once throughout the sub-Saharan Africa, but have disappeared from most of this area. Their largest population is found in southern Africa, mainly Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mamibia, and Zambia. They are also found in the southern part of East Africa near Tanzania and Mosambique.
In my book, An African Painted Dog Without A Patch, two of the characters (Tanz and Bots), were named after Tanzania and Botswana, two of the areas where painted dogs are found in Africa.
With fewer than 5000 painted dogs in the wild, researchers are looking for ways to help safe them. Most of the Painted dog population has decreased due to habitat loss, disease spread by domestic dogs in the area, poaching, being hit by vehicles, and death due to snare entanglement.
Snares (also known as snare trap) are traps used to capture animals. The snares are about a foot or two off the ground at neck level where it wraps around the painted dogs neck, killing them instantly or leaving a very deep cut around their neck and throat leaving them to die.
Painted Dog Protection Initiative
The Painted Dog Protection Initiative are working with various partners to develop, manufacture and send out up to 100 protective anti-snare collars to help reduce painted dog mortality from illegal snares. After testing and modifications, they will begin manufacturing and shipping the collars.
Two of their conservation partners in Zimbabwe, Painted Dog Conservation and Painted Dog Research Trust, track individuals from their respective dog populations and determine survival rates and identify and design improvement needs.
The collars have been improved and are lighter in weight and more effective.
You can help reach their goal of creating and fitting painted dogs in Zimbabwee with protective anti-snare collars by going to their website. Click the button below.
A portion of the proceeds from my book, An African Painted Dog Without A Patch, helps protect African Painted Dogs. Without this protection, the status of painted dogs in the wild will decline drastically.
The Painted Dog Protection Initiative are working with various partners to develop, manufacture and send out up to 100 protective anti-snare collars to help reduce painted dog mortality from illegal snares. After testing and modifications, they will begin manufacturing and shipping the collars.
Two of their conservation partners in Zimbabwe, Painted Dog Conservation and Painted Dog Research Trust, track individuals from their respective dog populations and determine survival rates and identify and design improvement needs.
The collars have been improved and are lighter in weight and more effective.
You can help reach their goal of creating and fitting painted dogs in Zimbabwee with protective anti-snare collars by going to their website. Click the button below.
A portion of the proceeds from my book, An African Painted Dog Without A Patch, helps protect African Painted Dogs. Without this protection, the status of painted dogs in the wild will decline drastically.
Painted Dog Research Trust
The Painted Dog Research Trust is dedicated to the conservation of the highly endangered Painted dog also known as the African wild dog. This work has been ongoing for 25 years by the founder Dr Greg Rasmussen, thus making it one of the longest studies into the species.
With the Pan-African population declining from half a million individuals –down to 5000 the Painted dog is listed by IUCN as highly Endangered. Painted dog populations in Zimbabwe link to all five neighbouring countries Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, South Africa, and Mozambique thus making Zimbabwe an important keystone populations for this species.
In order to maintain integrity of the Zimbabwean and other country populations, it is essential that research into Painted dogs continues unabated, with continuation of the long-term research and monitoring being focal to continued survival of painted dogs in Zimbabwe.
The mission of the organization is to conserve Painted Dogs using data and research as the guiding tool. It is also intended that through the research Zimbabwean graduated students will be mentored with the intention of creating a generation of motivated, field competent, and passionate conservation biologists.
Greg Rasmussen (born in London, UK) is a British Wildlife conservation biologist who has studied the African Painted Dog for over twenty five years, working in the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. He is the founder and Director of the Painted Dog Conservation project.
Dr Rassmussen moved to Zimbabwe with his parents when he was eleven years old where he attended Falcon College. This was followed by a spell in the merchant navy. In 1988 Joshua Ginsberg offered him a job observing animals in Hwange National Park. He established the Painted Dog Conservation project in 2002.
In 2003 he was involved in a light plane crash which left him severely injured and alone in the African bush. He survived and was eventually rescued. He almost lost his feet but doctors saved them. He is 3 inches shorter now. The story of his survival is featured in season one of 'I Shouldn't Be Alive', a documentary series broadcast on the Discovery Channel in the United States in an episode entitled "Jaws of Death."
Here is a link to PDRT's very informative 2016 newsletter. s3.spanglefish.com/s/31699/documents/newsletters/pdrt_annual_report_2016_red.pdf
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