Ethiopian Wolves

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Ethiopia is home to some of Africa’s most unusual species. Among them is the Ethiopian wolf, widely considered to be the world’s rarest member of the dog family. A conservation program to secure the habitat of the endangered wolf and monitor its population is underway. Tom Verde reports from Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains, where half the world’s Ethiopian wolf population lives.

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