hunting dog

While the image of the African wild dog has now dramatically improved, they remain threatened by habitat loss, bushmeat poaching, conflict with farmers over livestock, disease and traffic accidents.

Zimbabwe's growing human and associated livestock populations can cause great problems for the survival of predators like lions for the same reasons that bears African wild dogs as they prey on small livestock like goats, these carnivores are commonly poisoned and killed in Africa (Tchamba, 1996; Woodroffe and Frank, 2005; Bauer et al., 2010).

Reducing potential sources of sampling bias when quantifying the diet of the African wild dog through scat analysis.--S.

painted African wild dogs. The two-year old slipped over the railing,

Patterns of population subdivision, gene flow and genetic variability in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus).

Once a common feature of the African landscape, the African wild dog, a species that is more than three million years old, is now in very real danger of extinction.

He finally ends up in Tanzania on the trail of one of the most ancient canines on the planet, the African wild dog.

The African wild dog: Behavior, ecology, and conservation.

In 1995 the Roodes built an advanced veterinary facility and took on captive breeding of endangered species such as the African wild dog, black-footed cat, blue crane and ground hornbill.

When Peter went home, he looked through his books and discovered that this dog was known as the African Wild Dog, or the Cape Hunting Dog.

For more than 10 years, Chester Zoo has been a vital part of the George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust African Wild Dog Programme in Tanzania, working to return healthy and genetically diverse populations of painted dogs back to the wild.

Among the species that have disappeared are the Bubal hartebeest, which is now extinct; the scimitar horned oryx, which is extinct in the wild; and the African wild dog and African lion, which are both locally extinct in the Sahara.

The Bubal hartebeest is extinct; the scimitar horned oryx is extinct in the wild; and the African wild dog and African lion have vanished from the Sahara.

SIX African wild dog pups successfully bred at Al Ain Wildlife Park & Resort (AWPR) are now ready to leave the den where they have been cared for by their mother since their birth in November 2010.

The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is a highly endangered carnivore found in Africa south of the Sahara.