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African wild dogs or Painted wolves, whichever you prefer.
Here the pack is seen feeding on an impala caught only moments before. This archive painted wolf footage is from 2010 and was previously only released in a much shorter version.
As for the name here is what the BBC has to say about it:

With only 6,600 painted wolves left in the world, they are Africa’s second most endangered carnivore (just behind the Ethiopian wolf). For an animal so few in number, seem to have more common names than any other predator. These 10 names are just the English language titles:

Cape Hunting Dog
African Hunting Dog
Hunting Dog
African Wild Dog
Wild Dog
Hyena Dog
Painted Dog
Painted Hunting Dog
Painted Wolf
Ornate Wolf
Their scientific name is Lycaon pictus – which translates directly as painted wolf and reflects their mottled caramel and brown fur. The Lycaon genus is more closely related to wolves than domestic dogs. On top of this, everything from their phylogeny (evolutionary development) to their behaviour, makes them more suitably named as ‘wolves’. Funnily enough, they are often confused for hyenas (which aren’t canids and are most closely related to cats and mongoose).

Like the movement to “rebrand” killer whales to orca, painted wolves have had to had their fair share of bad press and misunderstanding and some believe a fresh and fixed name might improve their chances of survival.

There is a frequent misconception that painted wolves are feral dogs, so using a more ‘wild’ name is increasingly preferred. There is a growing number of people interested in the conservation of Lycaon pictus that use this translation as the common name, to describe the species. Some argue that this shift may help promote positive attention to a fascinating and very threatened species, which has suffered persecution for so long.
(Taken from the BBC Earth Website)

Filmed in the Sabi Sand Nature Reserve, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa

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