Wild Animals

Author: Roland Kays

Crazy stories about animals, told by the people who study them.
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WDF128: The African Wild Dog Who Was a Phoenix
Episode 12
Monday, 8 May, 2023

Ngatia joined a research project studying African wild dogs in Laikipia Kenya when they were some of the best news in conservation – an endangered species that reclaimed lost territory and found new ways to coexist with people. Then a canine pandemic hit that wiped out the entire population … except one animal: WDF128. Ngatia tells the story of how a new population sprung from the ashes of a pandemic through the perseverance of one female African wild dog.