In order to prevent the endangered species from going extinct, two African wild dogs a male and a female were successfully introduced to the Uganda Wildlife Educational Center (UWEC). Originally known as painted wolves or scientifically as “Lycaon pictus,” they had gone extinct in Uganda. However, through Conservation through Commercialization (CTC), they donated two African wild dogs to the Uganda Wildlife Educational Center (UWEC), increasing the total number of animal species to 69.

On the day of the African wild dog’s release at Uganda Wildlife Educational Center (UWEC), Thomas Price, the founder of Conservation through Commercialization (CTC), was present and strongly suggested that the partnership would strengthen and maintain the endangered species from getting extinct, African painted wolves are indigenous to Sub-Saharan savanna and open plains of Africa.

Facts about African Wild Dogs

The most gregarious wild animals are African wild dogs, who typically live in packs of ten to forty. With a running speed of up to 44 miles per hour, they are fierce hunters who mostly target standard-sized wild animals like gazelles. African painted wolves are considered an endangered species, with an estimated 6,600 left in the wild.

Threats on the painted wolves

The majority of the risks that Africans wild dogs face are habitat fragmentation, which is mostly aided by increased human land use and occupation that divides and destroys their packs of 10 to 40 individuals, hunting down human livestock, and last but not least, domestic dogs that carry viral infectious disease commonly known as Rabies.