On the Serengeti Plain in Tanzania, the film crew closely follows a pack of African wild dogs. This year, the pack includes a litter of eleven pups. Before setting off on a hunt, the adults hide the pups in a den. After exchanging nuzzles and squeals, they speed off in unison to attack a herd of wildebeest. Their bodies small, the wild dogs rely on teamwork to bring down their quarry. But just as they settle down to eat, a spotted hyena shows up, clearly bent on stealing their dinner ...
A version of this film was first broadcast as an episode of WakuWaku Animal Land in Japan in November 1987.