November 22, 2013

Wild dogs!

We were lucky to see a pack of wild dogs in Chobe National Park, Botswana. (This is a rare species of dog, not feral house pets.) You know it's a good sighting when even the guide is excited! Our guides estimate that there are only a few thousand of these dogs left on the continent! They live as a pack, and when the hunting dogs return home, they regurgitate food for the young, old and sick members of the pack. Sharing this way also easily spreads disease or poison, which is contributing to their rapid demise.



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