African dog puppies

[Barklessdog]

http://www.suntimes.com/3412143-417/kim-pups-wild-zoo-brookfield.html

Brookfield Zoo?s African wild dog pack recently grew by 10 little pups.

Six-year-old mother Kim birthed the sizable litter ? six males and four females ? on Thanksgiving Day. After weeks in a dark, hay-lined nest box, the puppies recently began to emerge and explore the world around them.

I can't wait to see them. Our family always like to see the dogs. The adults are much larger in person then what I would have thought seeing them in nature specials. They are also much fatter. Beautiful coats .

[bewler]

There is a video on YouTube featuring the vet check of one of the pups - adorable! I imagine you can just type in "Brookfield zoo African dog" and it should pop up.

[Barklessdog]

Thanks found it. Cute & calm puppies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRelPMuIjbU

[Janneke]

Thanks for sharing! They all look adorable! And the puppy girl in the video is so calm!

And those ears…. :D Super cute!

[Quercus]

They are sooo cool! And so hard to have reproduce in captivity! Yay for Brookfield!

[Basenjimamma]

Too cute and yes, very cool, Thank you for sharing.

[DebraDownSouth]

Wow their looks remind me of hyenas! Very cute.

[MacPack]

I love African "Spotted Dogs", I saw some at the Chicago Zoo over 15 years ago. National Geographic had a wonderful long article about them several years ago.

[Shaye's Mom]

The video was so cute, the little baby girl really was calm for all her checkup, only squirming a lot after the microchip insertion - hard to believe they are not just dogs of another color rather than considered zoo animals?!?

[DebraDownSouth]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/African_Wild_Dog
:( There are videos you Brits can see, it is blocked to US :(

Scientific name: Lycaon pictus
Rank: Species
Common names:

• African hunting dog,
• Cape hunting dog,
• Painted hunting dog,
• Painted wolf,
• Spotted dog

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photos/wild-dogs/