Africa’s Wild Dogs Are the Most Hated Carnivores on the Continent. Here’s Why Some Conservationists Are Saving Them Anyway

Conservationists in southern Africa are working to save the persecuted African wild dog by managing isolated populations and introducing new genetic diversity. As Longreads tells it, this effort recently included flying three sisters from Mozambique to a municipality in South Africa to help bolster the species. The project focuses on the fragile recovery of the predator as a whole, even when individual animals struggle to adapt to the harsh environment.

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