Why is South America’s Wild Dog a Relatively Unknown Endangered Species?
I’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?
