{"id":15921,"date":"2023-05-03T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorersagainstextinction.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15921"},"modified":"2025-01-16T14:17:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:17:21","slug":"qualla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorersagainstextinction.co.uk\/blog\/qualla\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;ve had some sad news from Garamba this week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qualla, one of the original dogs from the K9 unit created with our support in 2018\/2019,&nbsp;&nbsp;has passed away. It is thought she died from&nbsp;a snake bite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other five dogs who started in the unit&nbsp;&#8211; Rocky, Dano, Perla, Pax and Hina &#8211; are all still working and are fit and well. Perla, a beautiful alsatian bitch is due to retire from service in the autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qualla was very striking with a black face, nut brown coat and&nbsp;white blase on her chest. A Belgian Malinois in great physical condition, she was&nbsp;always alert with her huge ears pricked up, and keen to run! She loved playing with her &#8216;Kong&#8217; toy, a reward for good work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qualla was paired with handler,&nbsp;Kini, although it is commonplace for&nbsp;the dogs and handlers to swap around so we also saw her work very well with Ayifa and Tandema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob and I went on a tracking exercise in the park with Qualla and Kini in August 2019 when we were invited to visit Garamba by African Parks&nbsp;&#8211; here are a couple of pictures I took of her. 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