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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 
XXIV 
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 olf 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. 
