Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas) scavenging from dead impala carcass, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa

Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas) chasing springbok, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas), Okaukuejo waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas) with whitebacked vultures (Gyps africanus), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas) chasing doves, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Blackbacked jackals (Canis mesomelas), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas) chasing Cape turtle doves (Streptopilia capicola), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

Blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas) drinking, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa