| Wild dogs of Kruger Park , South Africa | |
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Wild Dogs prey mainly on small to medium sized animals, of which the Impala is the favourite prey. In East Africa they have been recorded to hunt prey as large as Wildebeest and Zebra. Wild Dogs hunt in packs, and all individuals collaborate in a team effort to chase and wear out pursued prey to exhaustion. Once brought to a standstill, the prey is killed by all the dogs tearing it apart. Wild Dogs do take livestock in some areas, but this is a fairly rare occurrence. In and around Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Wild Dogs ignored livestock, and in one case in Zimbabwe they ran through a paddock of calves to chase a Kudu in the neighbouring paddock. |
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