The Dogs Want Out

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‘sup?

Siobhán, from Dublin Zoo, writes:

Dublin Zoo is delighted to announce the birth of seven (!) African painted dogs. This brings the total number of African painted dogs at Dublin Zoo to eleven.

Dublin Zoo’s new arrivals were born five weeks ago. In preparing for the birth, the female excavated a deep burrow in the ground and, for weeks, the animal care team could only guess what was happening.

It is not until the newborns open their eyes, approximately three weeks after birth, that she brings them to surface to the sunlight.

…Also known as African wild or hunting dogs, African painted dogs have a unique coat pattern, making them easily identifiable. It is estimated that approximately only 6,000 African painted dogs remain in the wild today.

Mmf.

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22 thoughts on “The Dogs Want Out

  1. Andyourpointiswhatexactly?

    Must go and see them. The dogs are very interesting-looking.
    Zoo pas: it’s brilliant. More for me than the chisler, really, as the chisler only looks at other chislers, the fool.

  2. Dόn 'The Unstoppable Force' Pídgéόní

    So cute! Give it 6 months though and they’ll tear you to pieces faster than a drunk on a kebab

        1. Starina

          don’t look at the dog park. don’t speak about the dog park. do not attempt to engage the hooded figures in the dog park.

  3. Sheik Yahbouti

    Fierce little fellows. Perhaps in a century, when the ruling Chinese have been pushed out of Africa by popular revolution, these lads might be re-introduced to the wild. Lord hear us, lord graciously hear us :-D

  4. Fully Keen

    How many to be culled?

    As is a zoos want.

    Blinking… Emerging into the light… Dublin… Awwww sheeeeet

  5. Pádraig

    Yet more what should be wild and free animals born into captivity. All in the name of ‘€onservation’.

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