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African Wild Dog Emily Bremauntz

Habitat/Region: Live in arid zones and open fields and the savanna in Africa Food: They are carnivores and eat gazelle, antelopes, warthogs, zebras and buffalo calf. Their predators are hyena, lion, and humans.

Reproduction/Gestation: Their gestation period is 2 1/2 months, The female gives birth once a year to 10 pups. Twice as many males are born than female.

Threat & IUCN Status: IUCN Status: Endangered Threat is habitat loss, prey decrease, disease, increasing hyena and lions populations and snaring. 50% of wild dogs are found dead by snare.

Help being done to AWD: The "Paited Dog Conservation" is helping the African Wild Dogs by recieving donations and making snare proof collar for protection, which can increase the population by the animals not dying.

The Wildelife Conservation Network, African Wildlife Foundation, and the Painted Dog Conservation all are helping the African Wild Dog

What Can I Do To Help: I can donate to conservations and raise money to send to people who help the African Wild Dogs.

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Bibliography: [|www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/african-wild-dog] [|www.sandparks.org/park/kruger/conservation] [|www.save-the-african-wild-dog.com] [|www.ehow.com/list_6825074_predators_african_wild_dogs_.html] [|www.iuncredlist.org/details/12436/0]