Surviving the scorch: Wild dogs cannot hunt as heat keeps rising

Wild dogs have disappeared from 25 of the 39 countries in which they were previously found and it is believed that there are only about 1,400 adults left. [Courtesy]

African wild dogs can no longer hunt due to rising temperatures, and a smaller number of pups are surviving in the heat.

In the vast, wilderness of Tsavo and Laikipia a stark and heart-wrenching drama unfolds as the iconic wild dogs grapple with an adversary they cannot outrun: climate change.