Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe is where I saw my first pack of Painted Dogs. One of the males had an injured hind leg and was chased by a spotted hyena. The rest of the pack saw the hyena and chased it off into the bush. Several years later, when I met Greg Rasmussen, founder and director of PDC, he told me that this pack are known as the "Mlesilonda" (the wounded ones). The dog with the paralyzed leg was injured in a snare, which PDC staff removed.
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