The African wild dog is one of Africa's most endangered predators. African wild dogs are highly elusive, avoiding human contact and utilizing vast, remote territories to remain out of sight ...

However, the DNA metabarcoding also revealed seven other types of animals that wild dogs eat, including the Cape hare. We didn’t know before that wild dogs eat these animals.

African wild dogs are carnivores always thought to hunt in packs. But new DNA analysis has found they also eat small birds and hares and may hunt alone.