Green Options » African wild dogs http://greenoptions.com/tag/african-wild-dogs Posts tagged 'African wild dogs' Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:23:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Why is South America’s Wild Dog a Relatively Unknown Endangered Species? http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/15/why-is-south-americas-wild-dog-a-relatively-unknown-endangered-species/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/15/why-is-south-americas-wild-dog-a-relatively-unknown-endangered-species/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:23:05 +0000 Levi Novey http://ecoworldly.com/2008/06/15/why-is-south-americas-wild-dog-a-relatively-unknown-endangered-species/ The Bush DogI’ve worked in the conservation profession for a long time, and when I was in college, I took three courses on animal behavior, in addition to many other environmentally-themed courses. In those classes we read countless research articles and also talked about numerous fascinating and endangered species around the globe.

Recently in a cafe I saw a copy of a well-known edition of National Geographic. This issue had featured Africa’s wild dogs on the cover. I pointed it out to my wife, who promptly told me that Peru had wild dogs too, and that they were endangered. Really, I asked? Why hadn’t I ever heard of the Peruvian wild dog before?

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