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	Dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dogs, like humans, are highly social animals and pack hunters; this similarity in their overall behavioral pattern accounts for their trainability, playfulness, and ability to fit into human households and social situations.
		Dogs have lived with and worked with humans in so many roles that their loyalty has earned them the sobriquet "man's best friend." Conversely, some cultures consider dogs to be unclean.
		Dogs are able to healthily digest a variety of foods including vegetables and grains, and in fact can consume a large proportion of these in their diet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dog (5762 words)

	The African Dog
		The African wild dog is a gregarious, pack-living animal with behaviour similar to that of the well known wolf of the northern hemisphere.
		The wild dog has a similar role in nature to that of the wolf in that it removes weak and unhealthy animals from the prey population.
		Wild dogs hunt as a pack - they quickly single out a weak or injured animal within a herd, and the animal is then pursued until it can run no further.
	www.botany.uwc.ac.za /Envfacts/facts/african_dog.htm (1010 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) facts and pictures
		The skull of the wild dog is very broad, with a wide zygomatic arc, which allows the animal to have a powerful bite.
		An African wild dog pack is dependent upon abundant food, and only one pair breeds, and those puppies are dependent on their parents for such a long period of time, that cooperation is a necessity.
		The African wild dog is officially extinct in Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in the Republic of Congo.
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=2 (2533 words)

	African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Wild dogs are intensely social animals, spending almost all of their time in close association with each other.
		Wild dogs have been extirpated across most of West and central Africa, although there are populations in Senegal and Cameroun which might be viable.
		Wild dogs are extinct in Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in the Republic of Congo.
	www.canids.org /SPPACCTS/awilddog.htm (2482 words)

	Animal Info - African Wild Dog
		Wild dogs are social, communally hunting carnivores, which live in small cohesive packs typically composed of a dominant breeding pair, a number of non-breeding adults, and their dependent offspring.
		Wild Dog: "In the shade of the tailgate lay one sullen dog, yellow-eyed, mud-colored, thick-footed, head on its forepaws - an eerie embodiment of the hound of hell."
		Wild dogs are rarely seen, even where they are relatively common, and it appears that populations have always existed at very low densities.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/carnivor/lycapict.htm (2822 words)

	Horse. The Animal In You
		It is difficult to describe the wild dog's personality without explaining it in terms of its pack of friends, for wild dogs don't see themselves as rugged individualists but rather as members of a social team that demands constant bonding and cooperation.
		Wild dogs are highly principled individuals although they take a while before placing their trust in others.
		The wild dog is clearly a dog at heart and is willing to romp with the best of them but manages to maintain its dignity under the most demanding bedroom conditions.
	www.animalinyou.com /Wilddog.htm (351 words)

	Painted dog conservation, African wild dog, painted hunting dog, Zimbabwe
		Hwange National Park is home to 17% of the total wild dog population, and serves as a keystone population for dispersing wild dogs into other regions.
		Wild dogs are also under threat from introduced diseases: as human populations encroach on the dogs' habitat, contact with domestic dogs increases, and transfer of canine distemper and rabies is a major threat to entire populations.
		Wild dogs are now the number one animal that tourists most want to see, surpassing lions, elephants, rhinos and leopards.
	www.wildnet.org /wild_dog.htm (661 words)

	Untitled Document
		Wild Dog is not someone's pet gone wild but a legitimate term used to describe two of the most endangered carnivores in the world.
		Once common in all areas of Africa, except rain forest and deserts, African wild dogs are extinct or nearly extinct in nearly 32 countries of their former range, and the remaining populations are too small to remain viable.
		Wild dogs are unlike other large carnivores in that they rarely fight among themselves, either for food or dominance.
	www.wilddog.org (1754 words)

	Animals: Mammals African Wild Dog
		The African wild dog is a medium sized canine with a head and body length of 30—40 inches, and a white-tipped tail of 12—16 inches.
		African wild dogs were once found across most of southern Africa, but have disappeared from most of their range.
		Wild dogs are relatively short-lived for such a large mammal.
	www.philadelphiazoo.org /index.php?id=3_1_1_1 (392 words)

	African wild dog - Lycaon pictus: More Information - ARKive
		African wild dogs are highly sociable and exhibit a very unusual social system; within their packs, dogs of the same sex are closely related to each other but not to individuals of the opposite sex, and only the dominant male and female will breed (4) (5) (6).
		Wild dogs traditionally have a reputation for attacking livestock, and despite this rarely occurring in practice, they are therefore often persecuted wherever they come into contact with humans (2) (4).
		Wild dogs are susceptible to disease; particularly those carried by domestic dogs such as canine distemper and rabies.
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Lycaon_pictus/more_info.html (1055 words)

	African Wild Dogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		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.
		Wild dogs are about the size of a German shepherd, have long legs, large ears and mottled fur of browns, fl and white.
		The behaviors that maintain close social bonds between pack members are a large factor in the decline of wild dogs; the close contact and associated licking promotes the spread of introduced diseases.
	www.umich.edu /%7Eesupdate/library/97.01-02/mamakos.html (598 words)

	IOL: Call of the wild in dog-sled country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The dogs have happy grins and their tongues flop crazily as they pant from the exertion of pulling a 3m sled with two people standing on its back runners.
		Once at the lake, the dogs - long-legged, friendly, strong and intelligent - are hitched to the sleds, and Mahoney preps everybody on mushing basics.
		Always keep an eye on the dog and be prepared to step on the brake at a moment's notice, she says.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?set_id=14&click_id=420&art_id=vn20041212134128886C102431 (1358 words)

	Dog Owner's Guide: The African Wild Dog
		Dogs lick their masters faces; wild dogs lick at the mouth of the alpha animal, mimicking juvenile behavior that caused adults in the pack to regurgitate food.
		Dogs lie on their sides in submission, exposing their bellies for scratching; wild dogs indicate their position in the pack by similar body postures, exposing their throats and genitals to the dominant dog in attempts at appeasement.
		The wild dog's relentless pursuit of its prey and its repulsive method of killing have contributed to its decline in the wild.
	www.canismajor.com /dog/afriwild.html (1567 words)

	African Wild Dog - Lycaon pictus
		The African wild dog's over all body length is between 75 and 100 cm (29 and 39 in), and they stand between 61 and 78 cm.
		The African wild dog is not in competition with hyenas and jackals for food because they are not scavengers.
		The African wild dog is vulnerable to domestic dog diseases like canine distemper, rabies and anthrax.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /african_wild_dog.htm (701 words)

	African Wild Dog -- Kids' Planet -- Defenders of Wildlife
		African wild dogs are the size of medium domestic dogs.
		African wild dogs hunt antelope, zebras, wildebeest, springboks, gazelles and impala.
		African wild dogs face a number of serious threats, including habitat loss, human persecution (hunting and poisoning), disease spread from domestic animals and isolated populations.
	www.kidsplanet.org /factsheets/african_wild_dog.html (337 words)

	African Wildlife Foundation: Wildlives
		The stereotype of the wild dog as a cruel butcher is slowly being replaced by a less harsh image.
		Throughout Africa wild dogs have been shot and poisoned by farmers, hunters and, at one time, by rangers who considered them as bloodthirsty raiders of livestocks and dispersers of wild herds.
		Wild dogs are usually on the move over a very large range, covering for example, some 900 square miles in the Serengeti.
	www.awf.org /wildlives/4548 (851 words)

	AMNH - Expedition : Endangered
		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.
		The dogs are African wild dogs, one of the most remarkable animals of the African plains.
		African wild dogs live in tightly knit social groups and hunt cooperatively, preying primarily on grazing animals such as gazelles, springboks, wildebeest and zebras.
	www.amnh.org /Exhibition/Expedition/Endangered/dog/dog.html (521 words)

	Rabies in African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus) in the Madikwe Game Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Three wild caught, adult, male and three captive-bred adult female wild dogs were translocated to Madikwe Game Reserve in 1994 and in 1995, respectively.
		The dogs formed a coherent free-living pack, successfully breeding in 1996 and again in July 1997 so that in September 1997 there were six adults (three males and three females), six yearlings, and 12 pups.
		On the first of October, immediately after rabies was diagnosed, the surviving seven dogs were confined in a 1ha holding boma at Madikwe for observation and vaccinated with inactivated rabies vaccine at the dose of one ml given IM in the Biceps femurus during immobilsation with zolitol and xylazine.
	www.vet.uga.edu /ivcvm/1999/Hofmeyr/hofmeyr.htm (1533 words)

	African Wild Dog
		Although similar in appearance to hyenas, African wild dogs are nevertheless true wild canidae.
		African wild dogs are widely distributed across the African plains but they do not live in jungle areas.
		African wild dogs use their sense of sight, not smell, to find their prey.
	www.nature.ca /notebooks/english/afwildog.htm (238 words)

	African Wild Dog Conservation
		The African wild dog is nomadic, and has a home range of several hundred square kilometres in vegetation such as that found in the Lower Zambezi National Park.
		The African wild dog, lycaon pictus, is not closely related to other canids such as the jackal, wolf, or domestic dog; it represents an evolutionary line unique to Africa.
		The main objective of AWDC is to identify the main threats to wild dog populations in the park and surrounding areas and to recommend appropriate management techniques.
	www.afrikeye.net /Conservation/AWDC/wild_dogs.htm (493 words)

	African Wild Dog: WhoZoo
		Wild dogs have a canine body shape like a wolf's, but they have larger, bat like ears and white tipped tails.
		Wild dogs are vulnerable to the diseases of domestic dogs from nearby human communities.
		The survival of African Wild Dogs is threatened by a reduction of prey abundance, disease, and loss of genetic variability.
	www.whozoo.org /Intro98/michaelg/michgree.htm (362 words)

	Wild dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Some species of canines that might or might not be closely related to the domestic dog but that somewhat resemble them and are usually called "dogs" rather than, for example, "wolves" or other designations.
		Wild Dog, a recurring villain in the Time Crisis series
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wild_dog (117 words)

	African Wild Dog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Breeding In Captivity of the African Wild Dog at the Honolulu Zoo
		For Mara, our African Wild Dog female, when we realized that she was pregnant, the curator and keepers made a number of crucial decisions.
		The normal pack in the wild is made up of an alpha female and the rest are mostly males all sharing equal status in the group.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /african_hunting_dog.htm (1065 words)

	Wild Dog Urine May Be Used as "Fences" in Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Summary The African wild dog is in serious trouble, largely because its instinct to roam widely keeps bringing it into lethal contact with humans.
		To promote the conservation of wild dogs that are in conflict with human communities, Seattle native John "Tico" McNutt started the Botswana Wild Dog Research Project in 1989.
		By using scent markings in the same way the wild dog does to demarcate its own territory, researchers are hoping to keep it from wandering where it is not wanted.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/03/0311_040311_biofence.html (954 words)

	Cape Hunting Dog Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Cape Hunting Dog (or African Wild Dog) is a rare wild dog that wanders the plains, grasslands and lowland forests of Africa.
		When these wild dogs return to their group, they regurgitate food for young pups and dogs that were not in the hunt.
		Enemies: These dogs are sometimes killed by by lions and leopards, but man has exterminated many of them, calling them pests and bringing them to the brink of extinction.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/dog/Capedogcoloring.shtml (244 words)

	Wild Dog Info Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Wild Dog has a wide tolerance for habitat but have a preference for open plains.
		The dogs are known to jump up on their hind legs when travelling through long grass in order to obtain a better view of their surroundings
		When potential prey is spotted the dogs will drop their heads to make themselves look unthreatening to the prey animals
	www.safaricamlive.com /Encyclopedia/mammals/Wild%20Dogs/wild_doglmain.htm (416 words)

	The Australian dingo: a wolf in dog’s clothing
		For many years, the dingo was best known as the wild dog of Australia—the largest carnivore on the Australian mainland—and for being the scourge of the sheep industry.
		The dingo’s close resemblance to domestic dogs in Asia, its association with Aboriginal people and the fact that it was the only large placental mammal (except humans) on the continent led many to say its ancestors were domestic dogs.
		In dogs, the ‘dew claw’ is the ‘toe’ hanging loosely attached to the skin, on the rear of the leg.
	www.answersingenesis.org /creation/v27/i2/dingo.asp (2825 words)

	Animal Fact Sheets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		African wild dogs live in packs comprising several related males and from one to several related females (females are unrelated to males).
		African wild dogs are unusual among canids; they infrequently directly encounter other wild dogs from outside their own social group and therefore rarely vocalize with these other groups.
		The huge decline in wild dog populations and their range is due mostly to habitat loss and fragmentation.
	www.zoo.org /educate/fact_sheets/wilddog/wld_dog.htm (2583 words)

	African Wild Dog Reintroduction and Conservation Project / The Zululand Wild Dog Conservation and Management Programme
		Numbers of wild dogs, Lycaon pictus, are declining and approximately 5500 wild individuals survive in in Africa.
		Wild dogs are one of only three mammals in South Africa that are endangered.
		As the lion in HiP are now being monitored by the University of Natal and KZN Wildlife, continued monitoring of the wild dogs for another year will afford a very valuable opportunity to determine the relationship between these two species in small conservation areas.
	www.geocities.com /michaelsomers/wilddogs/home.html (434 words)

	African Wild Dog, Dog Breed Information Center®, African Wild Dogs, Cape Hunting Dog, Tri-colored Dog
		The African Wild Dog is not a domesticated dog.
		In the wild, the African Wild Dog eats, gazelle, antelope, zebra, wart-hog and drink little water because they receive adequate amounts from blood of prey.
		This wild dog has great endurance; on the final part of the hunt they can reach speeds of up to 37 mph.
	www.dogbreedinfo.com /africanwilddog.htm (410 words)

	ADW: Lycaon pictus: Information
		When the dogs return from a kill they feed regurgitated food to the young, wounded, and sick, as well as any adult that was not able to go on the hunt.
		The dogs chase the prey until it tires, and at times they will disembowel the prey while it is still running.
		Because African hunting dogs are non-territorial and do not have exclusive ranges, their home ranges can vary in size from 200 to 2,000 square kilometers.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Lycaon_pictus.html (1317 words)

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