A Solitary Wild Dog Forms Unusual Relationships.

An incredible wildlife story has reached us from Wilderness Safaris' Mombo Camp in Botswana's Okavango Delta.

As lions increased in the area, wild dog numbers in the Mombo Camp area decreased until just one pack remained. The numbers in this pack also fell until a single female remained. At this stage it was felt she would have to integrate into another wild dog pack to survive.

However she seems to have adopted another strategy by seeking out the company, and associating with, hyenas and black backed jackals.

Although she is now hunting on her own, the Mombo area is dense enough in wildlife for her to survive and it seems that her relationships with these other predators have taken the place of her usual relationships within a wild dog pack.

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