WILD DOGS

  The African wild dog also called cape hunting dog or painted dog.It inhibits the sparse  woodlands of  the sub- Saharan Africa.The long -legged canine have only four toes per foot unlike the other dogs which have five on their forefeet.The dogs Latin word means,"painted wolf" referring to the animals mottled coat,which features white ,black, brown,red and yellow fur.Each animal has its own unique  pattern for its coat and all have big rounded ears.

            African dogs live in packs  which are dominated by a monogamous breeding pair.The female has a litter of 2 to 20 pups which are taken care of by the pack.This dogs are very social they are ford of sharing food and assisting ill members.They communicate by touch ,actions and vocalization.
 They hunt in groups  of 6 to 20 thus being the  best hunters in the world of all the animals.They hunt antelopes and will tackle much larger prey like wildebeest.They supplement there diet with rodents and birds.

As human settlement as expanded the dogs have developed a taste for livestock ,though significant damage is rare.Unfortunately they are hunted and killed by farmers  who fear for their domestic animals.Travel with Abana safaris  and you will get to explore your world and what it consist of in terms of wildlife