For The First Time In 50 Years, Ancient Breed Of Singing Dog Gets Spotted In The Wild

Even the endangered animals list get bigger and bigger, apparently some “extinct” species have been rediscovered. This time a very unique ancient dog breed has been spotted in the wild for the first time in 50 years.

The researchers first spotted a pack of wild dogs in the remote highlands of Papua, Indonesia in 2016. A few years later, the scientists came back to the study site to collect blood samples from three of the dogs along with demographic, physiological and behavioral data. All of this was done in order to confirm whether these dogs were actually related to the New Guinea singing dogs. These wild dogs had a 70% genetic overlap with the captive singing dog population.