Lycaon pictus Africa’s Painted Dog
Sightings of Africa’s wild dogs are always exhilarating – not only because they are rarely seen (and critically endangered) but because they are incredibly fast movers. It’s impossible to keep them in view for long – unlike the big cats which tend to lie around quite a bit. However their long legged coursing gait, huge round ears, autumnal mottled coats and bushy white-tipped tail are easily identifiable characteristics, despite brief glimpses of them. In Namibia wild dogs
