Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport!
Travel the globe and uncover the secrets of the most successful carnivores on the planet: wild dogs. From recognizable foxes and wolves to the lesser-known ones like the Japanese raccoon dog, canids have conquered every continent except Antarctica.
EPISODE GUIDE:
Episode 1: “Meet The Family” Encore Sunday, Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, Dec. 29 at 1 p.m. on KPBS TV -
Travel the globe to meet the many species of the wild dog family, from the formidable Arctic wolf to the talkative Dhole, from the tiny Fennec fox to the long-legged Maned wolf.
Episode 2: “Secrets of Success” Encore Sunday, Dec. 8 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, Dec. 29 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV - Discover the secrets to the canids’ success, which enables them to survive and raise families in the most extreme locations. Black-backed jackals leap skywards to catch prey, Swift foxes hide in dens and African wild dogs vote on a hunt by sneezing.
Episode 3: “Defending Wild Dogs” Encore Sunday, Dec. 8 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Sunday, Dec. 29 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV - Join the researchers making ground-breaking discoveries and going to extraordinary lengths to save wild canids around the world, from endangered wolves to injured African wild dogs.
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