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  1. Livestock predation by endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in northern Kenya [An article from: Biological Conservation] by R. Woodroffe, P. Lindsey, et all
  2. Running Wild: Dispelling the Myths of the African Wild Dog by John McNutt, Lesley Boggs, 1997-01
  3. The African Wild Dog (The Library of Wolves and Wild Dogs) by J. D. Murdoch, M. S. Becker, 2002-08
  4. African Wild Dog: Status Survey And Conservation Action Plan
  5. African Wild Dogs by Victor Gentle, Janet Perry, 2001-12
  6. The African Wild Dog: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation (Monographs in Behavior and Ecology) by Scott Creel, Nancy Marusha Creel, 2002-05-28
  7. Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wild to Yellowstone by Douglas W. Smith, Gary Ferguson, 2005-04-01
  8. Recovery Plan for the Eastern Timber Wolf - Revised 1992 by Eastern Timber Wolf Recovery Team, 1992
  9. Shadow Mountain: A Memoir of Wolves, a Woman, and the Wild by Renee Askins, 2002-08-13
  10. Wild Stickers: Endangered Animals (Wild Stickers) by Mike Maydak, 2000-06-01
  11. The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species by L. David Mech, 1981-04
  12. Shadow Mountain: A Memoir of Wolves, a Woman, and the Wild by Renee Askins, 2002-07-09
  13. Wolves for Yellowstone? A Report to the United States Congress - Volumes I, II, III, & IV
  14. Beyond Wolves: The Politics of Wolf Recovery and Management by Martin A. Nie, 2003-05

1. AMNH - Expedition : Endangered
Hall of African Mammals. The dogs are African wild dogs, one of the most remarkable animals African wild dogs are the continent's most endangeredpredator. African wild dogs live in
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African Wild Dog
Lycaon pictus Threats
Introduced disease, poisoning, loss of habitat
STATUS:
ESA ENDANGERED
IUCN
ENDANGERED SIZE:
Weight:
37.5-79.4 pounds (17-36 kg)
Shoulder Height:
23.8-30.4 inches (61-78 cm) HABITAT:
savanna
, grassland, open woodland POPULATION: 4,000-5,000 total CURRENT RANGE: Africa south of the Sahara CONSERVATION: Species Survival Plan ; monitoring incidence of epidemic disease
  • Loss of habitat is particularly critical for nomadic animals like the African wild dog. Hunting dog packs range over very large areas from 600 to more than 1,500 square miles (1,560-3,900 sq km) a year. Even large parks may not provide enough territory to support viable dog populations.
  • Four legs are faster than two; in a sprint, African wild dogs can reach speeds of more than 40 miles per hour (65 km/h). Compare this to Olympic champion Michael Johnson, who set a (human) world record when he attained a top speed of about 23 miles per hour (37 km/h).
  • African wild dogs have an unusual breeding system. Only one pair of dogs reproduces in a pack; other pack members act cooperatively to care for the young of the breeding pair. It has been said that African wild dogs are the most social of all mammals, never living apart from a pack at any stage in their lives.
  • African wild dogs have a very strong, musky odor, which may help the pack find individuals that have become separated from the group.
  • 2. On The Trail Of Africa's Endangered Wild Dogs
    Critically endangered, only 5 000 African wild dogs remain in the wild. Hoping to save the species, conservationists in South Africa are tracking reintroduced packs of the highly social and a hill with an antenna held in the air, listening for signals from the radio collars of African wild dogs
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    On the Trail of Africa's Endangered Wild Dogs Bijal P. Trivedi
    National Geographic Channel

    December 31, 2003
    In the predawn at Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in northeastern South Africa, Micaela Szykman stands on a hill with an antenna held in the air, listening for signals from the radio collars of African wild dogs. If the dogs are within range, Szykman jumps back into her jeep to rendezvous with them before they awake. Szykman, a research fellow of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., is tracking the dogs for the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Predator Project. The African wild dog, Lycaon pictus, also called the painted wolf or the Cape hunting dog is the victim mainly of human persecution. The dog is listed as endangered by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). Lycaon pictus once roamed most of sub-Saharan Africa. Now only about 5,000 dogs can be found in isolated pockets.

    3. Caribbean Gardens: African Wild Dogs
    Zoo Opens Exhibit for Predator. More endangered Than Tigers. On December 27th, 2001 Caribbean Gardens The ZOO in Naples premiered a new African wild dog exhibit. as Cape hunting dogs. With less
    http://www.caribbeangardens.com/New/Wild-Dogs.htm
    Zoo Opens Exhibit for Predator
    More Endangered Than Tigers

    On December 27th, 2001 Caribbean Gardens: The ZOO in Naples premiered a new African wild dog exhibit. Currently less than two percent of American zoos display these colorful African predators also known as Cape hunting dogs. With less than 5,000 wild dogs in Africa and less than 80 in America they are more endangered than tigers. Caribbean Gardens is now the only zoo in Florida where guests can see all four of Africa's top predators including lions, spotted hyenas, leopards, and wild dogs.
    The highly endangered wild dogs are the highlight of the zoo's the latest expansion to the African Oasis region in the garden. In addition to the renovated exhibit for the wild dogs, the zoo is premiering a new viewing area between the wild dogs and antelope exhibit where guests can peek in on the zebra and kudu without any mesh or barriers.
    The zoo's plan for the African Oasis region began in 1996 with a new impala antelope exhibit. "Since then we've been adding more species like the greater kudu antelope and plains zebras," explains David Tetzlaff, the zoo's director. "In the past couple years, we added the Crested porcupines, Sulcata tortoises, and African grey parrots. The goal is to help zoo guests better understand how all these different animals are connected."

    4. "Predators, Not Humans, Are Greatest Threat To Endangered African Wild Dogs"
    Predators, Not Humans, Are Greatest Threat to endangered African wild dogs BOZEMANAfrican wild dogs have more to lose from a pride of lions or a pack of spotted hyenas
    http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/univ/dogs.html
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    Predators, Not Humans, Are Greatest Threat to Endangered African Wild Dogs
    by Annette Trinity-Stevens and Evelyn Boswell June 14, 2000 BOZEMANAfrican wild dogs have more to lose from a pride of lions or a pack of spotted hyenas than they do from humans encroaching on their habitat, according a behavioral ecologist at Montana State University-Bozeman who spent seven years studying the rare dogs. In protected areas of Africa, the density of the endangered dogs goes down as that of large carnivores goes up, according to Scott Creel, who presented his findings June 10 at the Society of Conservation Biology annual meeting in Missoula. Creel believes that finding should serve as a warning to conservation officials interested in reintroducing dogs to parks already dense in larger carnivores. Even in an apparently suitable ecosystem, the dogs may suffer if the numbers of competing carnivores is too high. "Although human impacts on large carnivores can be strong even in large African protected areas, there is little evidence that cheetahs and wild dogs are disproportionately affected by humans," Creel wrote in his conference abstract.

    5. African Wild Dogs
    Once numbering in the hundreds of thousands, the African wild dog (Lycaonpictus) is now one of the African continent s most endangered animals.
    http://www.umich.edu/~esupdate/library/97.01-02/mamakos.html
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    African Wild Dogs
    Exerpted from S. Rotz Mamakos, AZA Communique, Dec 1996
    Once numbering in the hundreds of thousands, the African wild dog ( Lycaon pictus ) is now one of the African continent's most endangered animals. It is believed that fewer than 5,000 wild dogs currently exist in the wild, and their range has declined from 33 to 15 countries. The largest populations exist in Botswana, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. The initial population reduction came during the early part of the century as a result of a very successful extermination campaign led by ranchers who feared the loss of livestock. Today, the effects of diseases (e.g., rabies, canine distemper, and parvovirus) spread by domestic dogs are having an even more devastating effect on wild dog numbers. Of additional concern is inbreeding due to the formation of genetically distinct groups of dogs in the southern and eastern regions of their current range. Wild dogs are about the size of a German shepherd, have long legs, large ears and mottled fur of browns, black and white. They live in tightly bonded social groups or packs of 2 to 30 individuals led by a dominant male and female. Pack members exhibit well-defined greeting behaviors, the most obvious being affectionate face licking. Recent research has shown the wild dog to have behaviors verging on classic altruism. This is particularly evident in pup raising, which is a pack effort with males shouldering much of the responsibility. In fact in one instance, following the death of a pack female, male pack members were observed successfully raising her pups from the age of five weeks.

    6. The Endangered African Wild Dog
    This animal is one of the most endangered animals in the world it is Africasmost endangered carnivores. The number of African wild dogs on the African
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    The endangered African wild dog
    African Wild Dog is Africa's most endangered carnivore, find out more information by reading this article.
    The African Wild Dog is also known as the Cape Hunting Dog and can be found in South Africa and in the eastern parts of the Sahara. This animal is one of the most endangered animals in the world it is Africas most endangered carnivores. The number of African Wild Dogs on the African continent is estimated to be below 4000, of which only approximately 400 500 can be found in South Africa. bodyOffer(28402) The reason for this is that for many years people regarded the African Wild Dog as a pest and often confused this animal with the hyena, a scavenger. The African Wild Dog and the Hyena look remarkably alike, but there are differences in their appearances and especially in their hunting and feeding habits. Hyenas have a duller coat than the brightly painted African Wild Dog. Whereas hyenas are all similar in looks, no two African Wild Dogs look exactly the same. Their legs are long and spindly and their ears are large and roundish. Their fur is a mixture of different colours black, white and yellow. They only have four toes on each forefoot.

    7. African Wild Dog -- Kids' Planet -- Defenders Of Wildlife
    Fax 202682-1331, STATUS endangered. DESCRIPTION African wild dogsare the size of medium domestic dogs. Their Latin name, Lycaon
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    Fax: 202-682-1331 STATUS: Endangered. DESCRIPTION: African wild dogs are the size of medium domestic dogs. Their Latin name, Lycaon pictus, means "painted wolf-like animal." Their coats are mottled in shades of brown, black and beige. They have large, rounded ears and dark brown circles around their eyes. The dogs differ from wolves and other dogs in that they have four toes instead of five. SIZE: The average African wild dog weighs between 37 and 80 pounds and measures 24 to 30 inches high. POPULATION: Between 2,000 and 5,000 of these dogs remain in the wild, mostly in game preserves or national parks. LIFESPAN: African wild dogs can live up to 10 years. RANGE: African wild dogs are only found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. HABITAT: Savannas, grasslands and open woodlands are the preferred habitats of African wild dogs. FOOD: African wild dogs hunt antelope, zebras, wildebeest, springboks, gazelles and impala. BEHAVIOR: African wild dogs live and hunt in groups called packs. Packs typically include an alpha (dominant) male and female, their offspring and other related members. Historically, more than 100 dogs gathered in packs during spring migrations, but today the average pack of African wild dogs contains approximately 10 members. Unlike other canine species, packs of wild dogs frequently contain more male members than female members.

    8. Islam Online- Health & Science Section
    Enter your Email. endangered wild dogs Caught in Poaching Stampede Painted hunting dogs, also known as Cape hunting dogs or African wild dogs, so named for their individual and
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    9. Future Of The Endangered African Wild Dogs Looking Brighter After Big Litter - A
    Future of the endangered African wild dogs looking brighter after big litter African wild dogs, endangered species, Zululand s Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park.
    http://wildnetafrica.co.za/bushcraft/dailynews/1998archive_3/archive_19980916_wi
    SITE MAP WILDLIFE NEWS Wild Net Africa News Archive Future of the endangered African Wild Dogs Looking Brighter after Big Litter. (16 September, 1998) Even with the births, Africa's most threatened predator faces extinction
    The number of African wild dogs - a critically endangered species - in Zululand's Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve has doubled with the recent birth of a litter of twelve puppies. The arrival of the litter is particularly good news, not just for the Reserve, but also for the species which had reached the shadow of death's door because of human persecution, disease and severe lack of living space. With only 5 000 of these animals left in the world, the wild dog is in big trouble. It is Africa's most endangered predator. The recent births in the Umfolozi section of the Reserve follow the introduction less than a year ago of two adult males and two females from the Kruger National Park and a private reserve in Mpumalanga. Although more than twenty dogs were released in the Reserve in the early 1980's, their numbers had dwindled to just six towards the end of last year. Some had died and others had moved out of the Reserve to establish new packs, while the small pack in Hluhluwe had not bred for nearly four years. However, the Hluhluwe pack produced a litter late last year and now the Umfolozi pack has gone ahead a produced a bumper litter. Michael Somers, head of the Zululand wild dog project, said he was extremely heartened by the latest addition. However, he warned that the population could plummet if the pack came into contact with the domestic dogs infected with rabies.

    10. ENVIRONMENT-AFRICA: Endangered Wild Dogs Caught In Poaching Stampede
    ENVIRONMENTAFRICA endangered wild dogs Caught in Poaching Stampede Painted hunting dogs, also known as Cape hunting dogs or African wild dogs, so named for their individual and
    http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=19951

    11. Kim Helfrich Column - WildNet Africa - Column News File - Kim Helfrich - 20 Marc
    wild dogs relocated to park in Waterberg In a bold move to reestablish a populationof Southern Africa s most endangered carnivore - the wild dog - on
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    Courtesy of The Pretoria News 09 April 2002 Wild dogs relocated to the Waterberg
    Wild dogs relocated to park in Waterberg In a bold move to re-establish a population of Southern Africa's most endangered carnivore - the wild dog - on protected land in Northern Province, (soon to be Limpopo Province) eight dogs were last week moved to a new predator boma at Marakele National Park. The park in the Waterberg Mountains near Thabazimbi has been identified by the Wild Dog Action Group of the Endangered Wildlife Trust as an important area for conservation of this species. Five male dogs, which were wild caught elsewhere in the province and had previously been held in bomas at Pilansberg National Park, were moved to Marakele's elephant boma late last year as part of an acclimatisation process. The remainder of the first Marakele pack is three females - two of which were caught in Botswana and given to North-West Parks and Tourism which has donated them to SA National Parks and the third was from Anne van Dyk's De Wildt cheetah and endangered species breeding centre west of Pretoria.

    12. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 2003
    March 21, 2003 2nd Successful Birth of endangered African wild dogs Toledo, OHThe Toledo Zoo is proud of the most endangered canine species. Whereas wild dogs were once found
    http://www.toledozoo.org/discover/pressreleases/wilddogbirth.pdf

    13. Critically Endangered Wild Dogs Snared By Poacher
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    14. Natural History: Sizing Up The Competition - Endangered African Wild Dogs - Incl
    (endangered African wild dogs) (includes related article) Natural History, Sept,1998, by Scott Creel. For African wild dogs, catching dinner is one thing.
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    For African wild dogs, catching dinner is one thing. In the presence of lions and hyenas, eating it is quite another. In June of 1991, my wife, Nancy, and I packed up our belongings in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and, as hard as it was to leave the packs of dwarf mongooses we had been studying for the past three years, headed south in our fresh, white Land Rover. We had decided to begin a field study of the endangered African wild dog and were hoping to find a large, stable population living in woodlands. Although many people think of these wild dogs as savanna dwellers, they actually fare much better in wooded habitat. And so we had set our sights on the Selous Game Reserve, 17,500 square miles in the southeastern part of the country, where Tanzanian wildlife officers told us the dogs were still relatively numerous. About the size of Costa Rica, Selous is the largest protected area in all of Africa, but it has not attracted much attention from tourists or ecologists, so we had little idea what to expect. After several days' travel, with a stop at the wildlife division offices in Dar es Salaam to collect final permits and instructions, we arrived at the end of the surfaced road in Kibiti. Late in the day, we reached the northern shore of the Rufiji River and found ourselves creeping along a dwindling pair of ruts with grass growing in the middle. Is this really the road, we wondered. And is the whole place this heavily wooded?

    15. Natural History: Sizing Up The Competition - Endangered African Wild Dogs - Incl
    competition. (endangered African wild dogs) (includes related article)Natural History, Sept, 1998, by Scott Creel. Continued from page 1.
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    16. NPWS - Fox And Wild Dog Baiting Begins In Bongil Bongil National
    This endangered migratory bird was on the verge of localised extinction in 1995.With the annual removal of foxes and wild dogs from the national park, and
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    The NPWS (NPWS) will begin the annual fox and wild dog baiting program in Bongil Bongil National Park south of Sawtell, commencing August 18, 2002 and continuing intermittently until February 2003. NPWS Area Manager Glenn Storrie said the purpose of the baiting program is to remove from the park these introduced feral pests that prey upon native wildlife. "The baiting program in Bongil Bongil National Park was first introduced in 1997 and up to twenty feral animals are removed from the park as a result of our baiting program each year," Mr Storrie said. "Unfortunately, re-infestation of the park from other areas continues to occur. "Foxes and wild dogs have a devastating impact on a wide range of native fauna from nesting shorebirds and their eggs to snakes, lizards and larger native mammals. "The virtues of ground baiting are well known, in that it is very effective in targeting wild dogs and foxes while avoiding native species.

    17. ENVIRONMENT-AFRICA: Endangered Wild Dogs Caught In Poaching Stampede
    ENVIRONMENTAFRICA endangered wild dogs Caught in Poaching Stampede Wilson JohwaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Sep 3 (IPS) - They hunt in family groups over great
    http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=19951

    18. Islam Online- Health & Science Section
    endangered wild dogs Caught in Poaching Stampede. By Wilson Johwa. 13/08/2003. Forthe endangered painted wild dogs, there might be no third chance. Sources
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    19. African Hunting Dog (Lycaon Pictus) - Picture And Info
    a weight of 35 kg, the African hunting dog, which is also simply called wild dog,is about African hunting dogs are regarded to be very endangered nowadays.
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    African hunting dog (Lycaon pictus) - Endangered dogs of the savannah
    Reaching a length of up to 100 cm and a weight of 35 kg, the African hunting dog, which is also simply called Wild dog, is about the size of a small Wolf. Its fur is of dark colour, which is softened by yellowish, brownish and white spots. Its ears are etraordinarily large. At first glance there is a certain resemblance between African hunting dogs and Hyenas concerning the appearance. But they are not closely related to Hyenas except the fact that both are carnivores; African hunting dogs are "real" dogs, whereas the closest relatives of Hyenas are Viverrids.
    Many horror stories about African hunting dogs have been spread: It was said that they kill much more prey than they are able to eat, drive all antilopes out of large areas and are even dangerous to man. In this context the African hunting dog could be called the "African wolf", since many negative myths have grown up around the Wolf too. Most of this is pure fiction or grossly exaggerated. Not only concerning there negative image there are similarities between African hunting dogs and Wolves: Both canids live and hunt in packs. In African hunting dogs as well as in Wolves there are distinct gender specific hierarchies. This means that the males as well as the females have there own dominance relations. But those are not as obvious in African hunting dogs as in Wolves. There is much harmony among the members of an African hunting dog pack and each member seems to be able to play different roles within the pack.

    20. Wild Dog Survey
    in 1999/2000 to obtain a further population estimate and to further assess demographicparameters of wild dogs in the Lowveld. endangered wildlife Trust
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    Third Kruger Park Wild Dog Photographic Survey
    CONTENTS Summary of Results List of contributors Summary of Results The wild dog, Lycaon pictus , is the most endangered large carnivore species in South Africa. The Kruger National Park and its neighbouring reserves provide refuge to the last viable population of wild dogs in South Africa. Two successful wild dog photographic surveys were carried out in Kruger National Park in the late 1980s and mid-1990s. These surveys centred on a photographic competition, through which the public was asked to assist by submitting photographs and details of wild dogs seen during their visit to the area. Prizes were offered as an incentive for participation. On 1.1.1989 the wild dog population comprised a minimum of 357 animals living in 30 different packs. By 1.1.1995 this had increased to at least 434 wild dogs living in 36 packs. Densities were 16.7 dogs/1,000 km and 20.3 dogs/1,000 km in 1989 and 1995, respectively. A third wild dog photographic survey was conducted in 1999/2000 to obtain a further population estimate and to further assess demographic parameters of wild dogs in the Lowveld. Endangered Wildlife Trust received 461 competition entries between May 1999 and July 2000. Seventy-three percent of competition entries were from South Africans and the rest were submitted by non-South Africans from 21 different countries across the globe. On 1.1.2000 there were at least 177 wild dogs living in 25 packs in the Kruger Park and neighbouring reserves (at a density of 8.3 wild dogs/1,000 km

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