Yes, and it’s worked out so well that they are nearly extinct.
That’s a non sequitur. Many animals use the exact same breeding strategy and are nowhere close to being extinct. So this particular breeding strategy is not some “common denominator” that makes a species less competitive and on the road to extinction.
Perhaps in some specific circumstances, it’s a bad strategy, but since it has been used effectively by so many species, it seems to be a successful strategy more often than not.
That is not why they are nearly extinct.
Also, the alpha pairs are completely monogamous and the breeding age females leave the pack in search of other unrelated males when they come of breeding age.
There is *never* “another female with pups” in the pack.
The entire pack tends to the alpha pups diligently as they are the top priority even above the alpha pair.
This is why they’re nearly extinct.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/12/african-wild-dogs-snares-poaching/