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When hyaenas or dogs attack wildebeests they try to 

 break up the herd, then they follow and hunt down a 

 single animal. The dogs have little chance when the 

 herd keep together. 



Major Powell-Cotton, when in the neighbourhood of 

 Lake Baringo, saw two animals which he regarded at 

 first as hyaenas, but close scrutiny taught him that they 

 were wild dogs, and he saw the rest of the pack trying 

 to cut off a zebra, but the herd bunched together and 

 drove them off. He shot one of the dogs, and the rest 

 of the pack worried it and then made for the Major, 

 who succeeded eventually in shooting six out of a pack 

 of fifteen. 



Although wild dogs are common they are seldom seen 

 in daylight. They hunt in packs all over East Africa. 

 The pups are pretty and fascinating little creatures. 



