Friday, December 14, 2007

Saving african wild dogs

I chose this blog because i like animals. I learned that a century ago there was over 500,000 painted dogs that lived throughtout Africa. Today scientist know of about only 2,500 live in four countries. South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. I also learned that scientist used a small land rover to follow the dogs. They learned that a tipical painted dog travels 30 miles a day. The dogs travel in packs lead by one male and one female. People started hunting and running them over because people thought that the dogs attacked farm animals.
By: Tommy & Jacob
Check it out here!
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20060830/Feature1.asp