As safari-goers look beyond the big five, endangered African wild dogs are emerging as one of the continent’s most sought-after sightings. These camps have turned the limelight into sustained ...

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An Indiana zoo recently welcomed a litter of endangered African painted dogs. Only three survived thanks to an unlikely surrogate mother. While African painted dogs usually live with a pack of ...

Six African painted dog pups were recently born at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, zoo officials have announced. The dogs were born on November 5 and 6 to first-time mother Pele, a ...

April 30, 2014 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- African painted dogs are some of the most critically endangered animals on the planet, but there is hope for saving these wild creatures. This week conservationists, ...

SOUTH BEND — The Potawatomi Zoo and the Oklahoma City Zoo are the only two American zoos to successfully breed African painted dog pups in recent years, according to South Bend's executive director, ...

After a "challenging start," African painted dog pups Blue, Red, and Orange are looking forward to a "successful future," the Potawatomi Zoo said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A pair of African Painted Dogs will soon be leaving the Topeka Zoo & Conservation Center. Officials made the announcement in a news release on Friday morning. According to the ...

Warning: These African dog pups are cuter than these pictures give them credit for. An Indiana zoo has spent the last couple of months caring for some new special residents, three endangered African ...

The zoo says Kassy and her puppies arrived at the Zoo the day after the painted dog puppies were born. She immediately accepted the painted dog puppies as if they were her own and began to nurse and ...