Bush dog
The fact that the forest dog is threatened in the wild is mostly due to humans spreading and cutting down the forest. But the forest dog is also sometimes hunted, both legally and illegally, due to the fact that it hunts people's domestic animals. In those hunting of forest dogs is prohibited in most countries. The forest dog is a lot shy and we humans rarely see it, which also makes it difficult to count the number of individuals remaining.
Secures living space for forest dog and other species
An important part of the conservation project consists of, together with landowners, protecting the forest dogs' habitat from deforestation - and connecting biologically important areas through the construction of a forest corridor. A collaboration with the Swedish Climate Change Agency has also been initiated, around a forest replanting project. In addition, the Proyecto Zorro Pitoco (PZP - the Bush Dog Project) Corridor Interaction Program Team will conduct over fifty trainings in a total of nine regions in the 400,000 hectare forest corridor, to enable a cultural and long-term change in the thinking and actions of the local the landowners.
In 2023, 71 large landowners expressed wishes to be part of the green corridor.