Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Indiana zoo recently welcomed a litter of endangered African painted dogs. Only three survived thanks to an unlikely surrogate ...

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The zoo says Kassy and her puppies arrived at the Zoo the day after the painted dog puppies were born. She immediately accepted the painted dog puppies as if they were her own and began to nurse and ...

April 30, 2014 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- African painted dogs are some of the most critically endangered animals on the planet, but there is hope for saving these wild creatures. This week conservationists, ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU/Gray News) - A zoo in Indiana is officially introducing its youngest residents, little pups who have had some help from a special surrogate mom. Three endangered African painted ...

After a "challenging start," African painted dog pups Blue, Red, and Orange are looking forward to a "successful future," the Potawatomi Zoo said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She ...