Wolf of Abyssinie
The wolf of Abyssinie ( Canis simensis ), still called Cabéru , or even kebero in Amharique, is the rarest Canidé in the world: it remains less than 500 individuals in a wild state including 300 in the national park of the mount Basle (Ethiopia) and any in captivity. It is classified in danger of extinction by UICN.
Endemic of the high plateaus Ethiopia NS (3000 meters of altitude approximately), the last representatives of the species resides today mainly in the National park of the mount Basle at the center of Ethiopia, where between end September 2003 and January 2004, an epidemic of Rage decimated 65 victims among the wolves, that is to say more of the three quarters of the population of the area of the Vallée of the Web.
Seriously threatened by this epizooty of rage, a financially constant program of Vaccination by CEPA was set up in the valley of the Web as of November 2003 by the Programme of conservation of the wolf of Ethiopia.
These wolf S, which nourishes primarily Rongeur S (in particular by driving out the giant mole rat) live in family groups. Their manpower were considerably decreased these last years, mainly because of the Maladie S transmitted by the Chien S and the increase in the activity Pastorale on the high plateaus. There would at present remain only one dozen packs, representing approximately 500 individuals.
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