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A rare encounter with the Painted Wolves

The African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus)

The African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus), also known as the painted wolves or Cape hunting dogs, were once numerous across sub-Saharan Africa but their population has steeply declined. In the Serengeti ecosystem the African wild dogs all but disappeared in the 1990’s and were considered extinct in the region but in recent years these endangered dogs are making a tentative comeback.