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The truck housed six lions, six tigers, two caracals, and an African wild dog. A spokesperson for the Poznan Zoo in Poland said all of the animals arrived to the destination safely.
We were not able to do this until now because African wild dog sperm only lived for 30 minutes after it was thawed, but to inseminate a female dog, the sperm has to survive for at least four to ...
DENVER — The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance said on Tuesday that it recently euthanized one of its African wild dogs. Tilly, who was 11 years old, was showing increasing signs of discomfort ...
Thursday is World African Painted Dog Day, so on this Wild Wednesday, the 6 in the Morning team celebrated the pack that can be found at the Tulsa Zoo.
A 6-year-old female African wild dog named Monet, part of a painted dog pup litter that made history at Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park, has passed.
Also known as African wild dogs or African painted wolves, this species is native to sub-Saharan Africa and lives in big family groups that are led by a dominant male and female, according to the zoo.
Three endangered African painted dog pups were born at the zoo on Sept. 28. The pups are living behind the scenes, but zoo officials say they may make their public debut soon.
However, African wild dogs have a concrete social structure in which only one alpha female in each pack is reproductively active. So, out of that 6,600, only about 1,409 can produce offspring.
They aren't the only African painted dogs the zoo is caring for: The pups’ mother and father, Bleu and Maurice, are also being cared for by the zoo. “The puppies are now 11 weeks old.
African wild dogs don’t howl or bark like wolves or domestic dogs; they twitter, chirp, squeak and hoot like birds. EWD 1355 and her sisters make their move, pulling away from the rest of the ...
TRANSCRIPT - [Narrator] A herd of buffalo. They're far too big for one dog to take on alone, who could easily kill a single wild dog. If they are to eat, they need the whole pack.