[The Conversation Africa] Scientists from the Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals have been working in southern Africa for over 15 years to protect endangered African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). They've now decided to freeze sperm from as many genetically diverse male African wild dogs as possible and use this to artificially inseminate female African wild dogs for the first time. Reproductive and molecular biologist Damien Paris explains why artificial breeding is the best and most economical way to ensure
