Let sleeping dogs fly! Entire pack of 15 African wild dogs sleep on plane as they are flown 1,000 miles from South Africa to a new life in Mozambique

By RYAN FAHEY

An entire pack of 15 African wild dogs slept through a 1,000 mile journey from South Africa to their new life in Mozambique on Thursday. 

Lined up neatly next to one another, the family of canines were ideal passengers for the seven-hour journey.

The dog flight was organised by non-profit organisation, The Bateleurs Flying for the Environment in Africa, alongside partners the Endangered Wildlife Trust.

Pictured from left to right: Cole du Plessis, from Endangered Wildlife Trust, and vet Rowan Leeming. These two men, along with pilot Raymond Steyn (not pictured), delivered an entire pack of 15 endangered African wild dogs to their new life in Mozambique on Thursday 

The plane flew the dogs over 1,000 miles from South Africa in the hope of repopulating an animal population decimated by Mozambique’s 1977-1992 civil war.