It's World Painted Dog Day 2026! This is a wonderful commission from Ajna, who agreed to do this piece for me to help advertise for conservation efforts of African Painted Dogs (Lycaon pictus). If Echo here has caught your eye, you can help her save her species by checking out the below links:

https://www.wildlifeact.com/donate

https://www.endangeredwolfcenter.org/donate/

These are both highly reputable organizations that do a lot of work with painted dogs. In celebration of painted dog day, I have donated twice the cost of this commission to wildlife ACT, and I am renewing my membership to EWC. If you aren't able to donate, please the spread the word about how wonderful painted dogs are! Education is just as, if not more important than financial backing.