African Wild Dog

The principal threat to this species is habitat fragmentation, which increases human-wildlife conflict and localized, small population extinction due to epidemic disease. Larger populations have a higher chance of recovery from such outbreaks. As human populations expand, leading to agriculture, settlements, and roads, wild dogs are losing the spaces in which they were once able to roam freely. Please visit the Painted Dog Conservation page and/or the African Wildlife Foundation to learn more about this interesting and extremely threatened species