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The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also called painted dog and Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa.It is the largest wild canine in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet and by a lack of dewclaws.
Painted Dog Conservation was founded in 1992 by wildlife conservation biologist Greg Rasmussen [1] for the protection of the painted dogs (Lycaon pictus) and their habitat. Painted Dog Conservation works to engage and incorporate local communities in protecting painted dogs in Zimbabwe. The painted dog, or African wild dog, was once common in ...
African painted dogs, also known as African wild dogs, Cape hunting dogs, or African painted wolves, are a unique canid species native to sub-Saharan Africa. There are fewer than 7,000 adult ...
Greg Rasmussen (born 30 April 1956) is a 2023 Indianapolis Prize nominee and wildlife conservation biologist who has studied the critically endangered painted dog, previously known as the African wild dog, for over thirty years, one of the longest studies of the species ever conducted.
There are fewer than 7,000 adult painted dogs in the wild. Their overall population is declining, and they are considered endangered because of human-wildlife conflict, habitat fragmentation, and ...
Six African painted dog pups were recently born at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, zoo officials have announced. The dogs were born on November 5 and 6 to first-time mother Pele, a 3 ...
The African Wild Dog Conservancy is a registered community-based conservation area in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia, covering 3,824 km 2 (1,476 sq mi), with an approximate human population of 4,713 people. It was established through a governmental declaration in 2005.
The Botswana Predator Conservation Trust is one of the longest running large predator research projects in Africa, and one of only a handful of its caliber worldwide.BPCT research on wild dogs has made it abundantly clear that the health and welfare of the entire predator population is a key indication of overall health of Botswana's ecosystems.