Cape Hunting Dogs, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, 1854. African wild dogs at London Zoo. 'The Hunting Dogs (Lycaon venaticus)...were, we believe, brought to this country by an officer in her Majesty's service, on his return from the Kaffir [they] exhibit marked attachment to their keeper, and allow him to enter their enclosure at all times with no better protection than a switch. The Hunting Dog extends from the Cape northward as far as Abyssinia, and ranges probably for nearly an equal distance on the west coast [of Africa]'. From "Illustrated London News&
Cape Hunting Dogs, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, 1854. African wild dogs at London Zoo. 'The Hunting Dogs (Lycaon venaticus)...were, we believe, brought to this country by an officer in her Majesty's service, on his return from the Kaffir [they] exhibit marked attachment to their keeper, and allow him to enter their enclosure at all times with no better protection than a switch. The Hunting Dog extends from the Cape northward as far as Abyssinia, and ranges probably for nearly an equal distance on the west coast [of Africa]'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.
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