UGANDA AFRICAN PAINTED DOG
photography, edition of six

100 x 56 cm

2023

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"African painted dogs, a species thought to have become extinct in Uganda four decades ago, have been spotted in the far northeast of the country, the wildlife authority said.

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The canines are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of endangered species.

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"African painted dogs (commonly known as wild dogs), which went extinct in Uganda in the 1980s, were sighted on Monday morning around the Narus River in Kidepo Valley National Park," the Ugandan Wildlife Authority said in a statement sent to AFP Wednesday." (source: Phys.org)