Stock Photo - Ethiopian Wolf Canis simensis mother bringing prey, a rodent, to the begging and eating pups, litter, near their den in the Bale Mountains National Park The Ethiopian Wolf is the rarest of the wild dogs or wolves and strictly protected The overall population is estimated at about 500 - 700 animals In Bale exists the largest individual population The biggest threat is habitat loss due to population pressure and the risk of canine diseases like rabies These diseases are spreading from the dog population of the resident nomadic pasturalists The prey of the ethiopien wolf consists mainly of rodents like the giant mole rat Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, January 2010