“African wild dogs are interesting animals in that they are very social,” said zoo attendant Masako Hashimoto. They live in packs, and the males and females work together to coordinate their ...

"It looked like a winter wonderland here, we don't ever see that in Houston," said Kevin Hodge, the zoo's vice president ... an Amur leopard, African painted dogs, North American river otters ...

The new enclosure has been constructed to meet the dogs ... a Kent zoo and form part of the European Endangered Species Programme. There are thought to only be about 7,000 in the wild, scattered ...