Most of these measures will also benefit other wildlife. In smaller areas, protecting wild dogs requires that edge effects be mitigated by: (i) working with local farmers to limit persecution (ii) controlling snaring (iii) routing roads carrying high-speed traffic away from wildlife areas and (iv) minimizing contact between wildlife and domestic dogs. Establishing cross-border parks and buffer zones, and encouraging game ranching on reserve borders, will all be beneficial. The highest priority for wild dog conservation, therefore, is to maintain and promote the contiguity of areas available to wildlife. No two wild dogs are marked exactly the same, making it easy to identify individuals. 10,000 sq km will provide only incomplete protection. The wild dog also sometimes called the hunting dog or African painted dog has a colorful, patchy coat large bat-like ears and a bushy tail with a white tip that may serve as a flag to keep the pack in contact while hunting. Such edge effects mean that reserves smaller than c. African wild dogs are widely distributed across the African plains. Furthermore, packs often range beyond the borders of reserves, so even nominally protected populations are often subject to persecution, road accidents, snaring and disease contracted from domestic dogs. Nose to nose, a curious youngster approaches an adult African wild dog. They stand about 65 cm (25 in.) at the shoulder, and have a long, furry tail and large ears. Because wild dogs live at very low densities, even ‘fragments’ covering thousands of square kilometres may not support viable populations. Wild dogs' decline reflects the expansion of human populations and the associated fragmentation of habitat available to wildlife. The African wild dog, African hunting dog, or African painted dog (Lycaon pictus) is a canid native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
5000 wild dogs remain in total, mostly in southern and eastern Africa. Formerly distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, today c. They require extensive home ranges, and face stiff competition.
The African wild dog Lycaon pictus has declined dramatically over the past 30 years. Several wild dog populations, particularly those in West and Central Africa, face extinction.
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