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  "id": 7601685,
  "title": "Wild dogs make the longest recorded journey of any terrestrial mammal in Africa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/wild-dogs-make-the-longest-recorded-journey-of-any-terrestrial-mammal",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-15T17:50:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-wild-dogs-longest-journey-terrestrial.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) travel incredibly long distances to search for a mate and new places to breed. They typically embark on these mammoth treks as young adults and often face numerous hazards along the way. These include busy highways, expanding human settlements and deadly wire poaching snares.",
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Wild dogs record 2,500-mile trek across Africa in search of a mate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/wild-dogs-record-2-500-mile-trek-across-africa-in-search-of-a-mate",
        "published": "2026-09-14T14:08:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Wild dogs record 2,500-mile trek across Africa in search of a mate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/wild-dogs-record-2-500-mile-trek-across-africa-in-search-of-a-mate-7370384",
        "published": "2026-09-14T17:54:30.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}