Amazing stuff!
"... Researchers from the Zambian Carnivore Programme and Montana State University wanted to understand how this endangered predator navigates human-dominated landscapes to better help with conservation efforts. So they tracked groups of wild dogs in Zambia after they separated from their packs.
In doing so, they recorded a record-breaking journey. Three of the dogs traveled a staggering 4,126 kilometers (2,564 miles) across the country, the longest journey ever recorded for an African land mammal. ..."
Extraordinary movements connecting distant ecosystems by African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) (open access)
African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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