WARNING!!!!! The video contains footage of an entire hunt and shows and impala being killed by wild dogs, DO NOT watch if this is something you don’t want to see. However brutal it may seem, this is truly survival of the fittest and mother nature in action, something I don’t see every day and was “lucky” to see in Botswana. It was both shocking and amazing.
African Wild Dogs are the second most endangered carnivore in Africa after the Ethiopian wolf (according to some websites, others claim it to be the most endangered). Their numbers are dwindling due to people killing them because they are a danger to their livestock or they find them to be nuisances.
Currently in Botswana there are programs to help increase their numbers. At least one of the dogs in the video is collared with a tracking device. On the continent itself, there only remains about 3-5,000, in Bostwana, in the Moremi Game Reserve there is an estimated 150-200. (http://www.save-the-african-wild-dog.com/botswana-wild-dog-research.asp)
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my responce to that …
my responce to that is DINGOES
oh please.. i have …
oh please.. i have a husky..and i can’t even get him to chase away the stray cat he can’t even keep up speed.. those things are much stronger and much faster they evolved that way…
what people don’t …
what people don’t realize is that our pet dogs are capeable of doing that in packs
Actually what you …
Actually what you can’t see in the video is that there are 3-4 dogs coming up behind the car to surround the impala. If we hadn’t been there she would have been taken down by them anyway. What at first seemed like a disorganized hunt (I didn’t think they were going to catch anything) was actually a planned/maneuvered pack decision.
We also heard later that they caught another one that evening from the people camping in the area.
car stopped impala …
car stopped impala from escaping.., unfortunately. good footage though
Lmao, the real …
Lmao, the real crime isn’t the dogs brutal tactics, but the fact that they are endangered.
money well spent, …
money well spent, that is an experience of a lifetime.
LOL @ lady in the …
LOL @ lady in the vid
Yes, I did say your …
Yes, I did say your reaction was hypocritical, but I meant no insult, and apologize if I came off that way. Indeed, I was initially shocked by such brutality. But this is something over which you or I have no control. We are humans, not Gods. Those wild dogs, thanks to our arrogance, are an endangered species. Impalas, on the other hand, are flourishing. Take away the predators, and the balance of nature will be tipped. Don’t criticize what He has created. Only live, learn and love.
its over within …
its over within seconds
she must be a …
she must be a vegetarian with all that “NO IT’S TOO HORRIBLE TO WATCH LETS ALL TRY AND SAVE THE LITTLE CALF AND DRIVE THE DOGS AWAY FROM IT’S MEAL” hypocritical foolish human!!!!!!!!
you’re a human that …
you’re a human that has the knowledge to understand that that is how it is and has to be for them to survive and for us to survive as well I’m pretty sure you don’t do all this sobbing and wining when you’re eating your delicious thanksgiving turkey? you’re no different from them the difference is they don’t raise their prey to think it’s being loved only to become a quick meal at a burger joint!!!
Hi Everyone, I …
Hi Everyone, I appreciate most of the comments on my video. Yes I did pay money to go on this safari. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I knew there was a small chance I’d come across a wild animal kill and my reaction to this side of nature was raw and honest. I don’t think it means we’re hypocritical, I am not ashamed of how I initially responded, I’m human. It was a raw reaction and I’m glad to have seen it. It reminds me of how safe and easy my life is.
Yeah, I agree, …
Yeah, I agree, these morons pay good money to go on these safaris, and then they get nauseated when they see nature in its purest form. What a bunch of hypocritical jackasses! They should’ve stayed their home and watched Crock Hunter reruns!
“I am gonna be sick …
“I am gonna be sick” !!! You paid good money to enjoy watching bloodshed. You’ re nothing but hypocrite.
That impala run to …
That impala run to the people hoping that will change the fate. There was so much space it could have run to, but it run around the camp and finally run and stopped by the truck hoping that the people will intervene, but these people paid money to watch this happen.
I totally agree . …
I totally agree .I’m not good at expressing things I’m glad you mentioned their social structure .I was referring to an older undeserved belief. I did mention they kill faster and will add more humanely than some other predators
I don’t think any …
I don’t think any reasonable person should consider them a scourge. Nature has created far more potentially disgusting, merciless occurrences than this. I’d like to think most people see wild dogs as beautiful, emotional and loyal family orientated creatures that like anything has to eat the only way it knows how!
I read up on the …
I read up on the painted dog .Called that, to help protection of a monotypic genus, in other words their unique.I find the more you learn the more confusing the origin becomes. In the video they are considered a scourge because the debowel the animal while it is alive.They kill faster than the other predators leopard and hyena etc.
I agree when are …
I agree when are these carnavoirs going to get civilized and and have their meat prepared by a union butcher.I prefer footage of wild life hanging out in their habitat. but that doesn’t show the speed agility and grace .
Excellent footage! …
Excellent footage! If only we could see more videos of tiger hunting. Although, the wild dog hunt is my favorite.
Yeah mine did that. …
Yeah mine did that…and had more escapes then hogan’s hero’s
Is that you kujo. …
Is that you kujo. come here boy.
According to …
According to wikipedia teir chromosones are way different than domestic dog.enough to be in their own catagory
I take it you have …
I take it you have a basenji.They run their prey into exhaustion too.