Experts estimate that fewer than 5,000 African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) live in the wild.
Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania have packs of 2–30 individuals led by a dominant male and female.
In Africa, Wild Dogs can appear and disappear virtually instantly.
700–800 wild dogs live in northern Botswana.
one of just four communities in Africa with more than 250 to 300 dogs.
Our camp, Sandibe Safari Lodge, was in the Okavango Delta, where all African large animals thrive.
Northern Botswana has the largest unprotected African wild dog population.