In 2025, three African wild dogs set out on a nine-month trip to find mates and a new home. It became the longest journey ever recorded by a mammal in Africa. Their amazing trip highlights the incredible efforts of these dogs, and the challenges they face.
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African wild dogs are highly social animals that live and hunt in packs. However, they don’t remain in the pack that they’re born in, with most pups leaving to find mates and establish their own pack. For three brothers, though, this decision led to a 2,500-mile journey across Zambia in what became the longest recorded…
Our data shows that wild dogs move very differently depending on where they are. Inside protected areas, they move, hunt and rest at moderate speeds. But when they disperse out of protected areas, they shift into a faster and straighter “travel mode” that lets them cover ground quickly, and rest in thickets or rocky areas…
