Current estimates put their numbers at about 3,000[2] only found in Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.

[6] Painted Dog Conservation has created anti-poaching units staffed by locals to provide protection, gather data and collect poaching snares.

[7] The snares collected by the anti-poaching units are given to local community artists who turn them into animal sculptures.

Through sales of these snares and other crafts they spread the conservation message of the painted dogs both to their own community and internationally.

The center offers an education facility including a painted dog viewing platform[12] and an interpretive hall.