The Painted Wolf Foundation was founded in 2018
by Nicholas Dyer, Peter Blinston, and the late Diane Skinner.

Together they formed PWF to bring transformational change to the conservation of the species. Their combined experiences brought together a deep knowledge of the species, a powerful understanding of effective conservation and innovative entrepreneurial and investment skills.

The initial funding to establish PWF came from the highly acclaimed coffee table book – Painted Wolves: A Wild Dog’s Life co-authored by Nicholas Dyer and Peter Blinston. All profits from the book went to PWF.

The funds raised enabled Diane Skinner to consult the entire painted wolf conservation community and publish her seminal work “Securing the Future of the Painted Wolf”. This defines a strategy to double the population in three decades.

In 2024, PWF partnered with the Wildlife Conservation Network to create the Painted Dog Fund – a mechanism to raise and deploy funds for the species.

PWF is now managing the Fund, deploying grants and actively supporting organisations across Africa working to conserve the painted wolf. This is bringing a revitalised conservation focus towards the species with the clear aim of removing them from the edge of extinction.

THE REPORT

Securing the Future
of the Painted Wolf

by Diane Skinner et al

A detailed analysis by the Painted Wolf Foundation and Wildlife Conservation Network on what can be done to reverse the downward trajectory of the painted wolf.

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THE BOOK

Painted Wolves:
A Wild Dog’s Life

by Nicholas Dyer and Peter Blinston

A fascinating journey into the lives of the painted wolves and what can be done to save them, showing the same characters seen on BBC’s series Dynasties.

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Peter, Di and Nick