African wild dogs are highly endangered cooperative hunters whose welfare depends on intact pack social structures; fragmentation and disease threaten both population and individual wellbeing.
African wild dog welfare is inseparable from pack integrity - these animals evolved for cooperation and their psychological wellbeing depends on social bonds. Isolated individuals and disrupted packs show poor health and reproductive outcomes. Disease vaccination programs that protect pack health directly protect the welfare of every individual in that group. The conservation and welfare cases for protecting African wild dogs are perfectly aligned.