African wild dogs in Kruger National Park, South Africa

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African wild dogs in Kruger National Park, South Africa

Once distributed across the grasslands of Sub-Saharan Africa, these wild dogs are losing habitat at a rate fast enough that they’re now found mostly in the southern regions of the continent. African wild dogs form strong social bonds within packs, which, here in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, include four or five adult dogs and their pups. They’re cooperative hunters and are revered by the indigenous San tribe of Botswana for their skill.