A 5th batch of wild dogs was released in the park last week in the West. Two batches were released in 2012, one in 2013 and one in 2014; another one will be released in the future.
Wild dogs had disappeared from the park in 1992 but #TAWIRI (Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute) initiated the #Serengeti Wild Dog Project in 2000.
The project started officially in 2005 with the support of Frankfurt
Zoological Society (FZS), Vodacom Tanzania, Norwegian University of
Science and Technology, BIOTOPE T Limited, Tanzania National Parks
(TANAPA), Wildlife Division, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority and
the Office Of The President.
The released wild dogs come from the adjacent #LoliondoGameControlledArea and #Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The African wild dog is a highly social animal, living in packs with
separate dominance hierarchies for males and females. Uniquely among
social #carnivores,
it is the females rather than the males that disperse from the natal
pack once sexually mature, and the young are allowed to feed first on
carcasses. The species is a specialised diurnal hunter of #antelopes, which it catches by chasing them to exhaustion. Like other canids, it regurgitates #food for its young, but this action is also extended to adults, to the point of being the bedrock of #Africanwilddog social life. It has few natural #predators, though #lions are a major source of mortality, and #spottedhyenas are frequent kleptoparasites.
Although not as prominent in African culture as other #Africancarnivores,
it has been respected in several hunter gatherer - societies,
particularly those of the predynastic Egyptians and the San people.
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