I take Blaze into the senior's lodge to go visit Grandma (in a town of less than 300), sure enough, there's a gentleman there that knew what Blaze was. He was an archeologist back in his day. His last dig was in 1976 deep in the Congo, and he stayed with villagers and witnessed the hunts and the lives of the basenjis in the village.
He told me about one hunt.
The basenjis chase antelope into huge nets that are strung up in the forest like barriers. The nets are handmade with ropes and vines. Some of the hunters stay near the net and hide, the majority of the hunters take the basenjis to the water hole and wait. When the antelope arrived, they release the basenjis and chase behind almost soundlessly. You can really hear the gourd bells, which are mostly around the loins. The antelope hit the net and are shot with arrows. The basenjis have to get beaten off… they get a little too excited.
He has some amazing pictures. I'm trying to borrow his album to scan, but he's not comfortable with that idea.
He loves Blaze though and he knows the african word for the breed which I can never remember or pronounce.
Please help if you can (non Basenjis)
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New Guinea Singing Dogs Rescue Operation - forward
Below is an e mail received from Jan Matznick with NGSD ConservationDear all. We have initial reports from the NGSDCS and NGSDI members we
sent to PA to help evaluate the 78 Singers found at an illegal kennel.
There are 4 litters of puppies and we will be trying to place 50 Singers
total, some of them unsocialized adults. We have a mobile veterinary van
and volunteer veterinarians to spay and neuter all that are old enough.
Mothers with young pups will be fostered until the pups are old enough to
place.Of course, we are in desperate need of funds to pay for veterinary
supplies, shipping crates, and transport expenses. We are a very small
group and cannot help these Singers without the assistance of an army of
concerned people. Please donate what you can, even a few dollars, to this
cause. Every penny goes directly to help these unfortunate Singers. The
donations can be made at: http://ngsdcs.blogspot.com/ We will also need
volunteers to help transport Singers when the time comes as homes will be
all over the USA.Please forward this message to your friends. If you might consider
adopting or fostering, please read the information at
http://newguinea-singing-dog-conservation.org/ and then contact me with
any questions. Thank you. -
Will share on FB too.
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Thanks, Debra! I would have put it on FB, but didn't think of it, duh!
NGSD are barely domesticated and endangered in the wild in New Guinea - I believe the estimate is that there are barely 300 worldwide and most are in zoos. Somehow, these people got a breedable pair, and ALL of the current dogs are down from them, so they are severely inbred, which is why the Society will be spaying/neutering them.Thanks!
Terry
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I just read about this:
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Wow, just looked at the link. Apparently my info on the number of Singers was too high! I have a friend who owns one that was born at the San Diego Zoo and belongs to the Society. She forwarded me the request for help. Hard to understand how this man could have acquired 2 breeding pairs at a flea market, no less!
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My friend belongs to the Society, not her Singer! Just reread my post and realized it sounded like the dog did, lol. He's a smart boy, but not up for signing anything legal - yet…
