The dogs initially approach with curiosity but flee before getting too close.Īfrican wild dogs are, in fact, endangered, with fewer than 6,000 left in the wild. Wildlife researchers also report being able to get quite close to the dogs.
While the dogs are interested in the livestock, they express no interest in the children (unlike many predators who see children as easy and vulnerable prey). Horrifically sad though this case is, it is an isolated one. In either case, experts do not believe the attack was food-related but rather an expression of normal predatory behavior (behavior that cannot normally be expressed in a captive environment, which often leads to frustration in captive animals). The 11 dogs began mauling the child, though it is unknown whether he died from the fall or was killed by the dogs. The tragedy happened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 2012, when a two-year-old boy accidentally fell into the African wild dog enclosure in the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium.
In fact, there has never been any record of African wild dogs attacking humans in their habitat, and only one known case in captivity. African wild dogs in the wild do not attack humans, even though they do come into contact with both adults and children in certain regions.
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