Endangered African painted dog pups born at Oklahoma City Zoo

Oklahoma City, OK – Six African painted dog pups were recently born at the Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, zoo officials have announced.

The dogs were born on November 5 and 6 to first-time mother Pele, a 3-year-old African painted dog who first arrived at the zoo in October 2021, according to a news release.

The pups are the zoo’s first litter of African painted dogs since 2016, the zoo’s curator of carnivores, Tyler Boyd, said in the release.

Source: cnn.com

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