TOH edition: Thursday, 17 September 2026 · Animals & Wonder
Three Wild Dogs Walked 2,500 Miles Looking for Mates—and Connected Wild Corridors Kept Them Alive
Reported by Smithsonian Magazine
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A trio of African wild dogs completed a historic 2,500-mile journey across Zambia in search of mates, surviving the longest recorded land trek of any African mammal. Their successful passage across vast distances demonstrated that protected wildlife corridors provide safe transit through human-dominated landscapes.
It offers dramatic living proof that stitching together wild corridors gives wandering animals the room they need to survive and find mates.
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