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Once one of the most numerous predators on the continent, Afican wild dogs today number no more than 5,000 estimated animals, primarily due to human activity. Urbanization and increased farming have reduced the size of the herds of grazing animals which the dogs routinely hunted, while some packs which have killed human livestock were eliminated as pests. Contact with domestic dogs further reduced their numbers, as canine distemper, rabies, and other diseases made inroads into the packs. Today, wild dogs are seen in packs averaging ten animals or less; it has been estimated that the total population of wild dogs on the Serengeti plain is 60. [http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/dog/dog.html]
Once one of the most numerous predators on the continent, Afican wild dogs today number no more than 5,000 estimated animals, primarily due to human activity. Urbanization and increased farming have reduced the size of the herds of grazing animals which the dogs routinely hunted, while some packs which have killed human livestock were eliminated as pests. Contact with domestic dogs further reduced their numbers, as canine distemper, rabies, and other diseases made inroads into the packs. Today, wild dogs are seen in packs averaging ten animals or less; it has been estimated that the total population of wild dogs on the Serengeti plain is 60. [http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/dog/dog.html]
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[[Category:Canines]][[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Canines]][[Category:Animals]]