Feral dogs in Chitral gol national park, Pakistan: a potential threat to the future of threatened Kashmir Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)

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Autor(a) principal: Khattak,R. H.
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Xin,Z., Ahmad,S., Bari,F., Khan,A., Nabi,G., Shah,A. A., Khan,S., Rehman,E. Ur
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Biology
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842023000100157
Resumo: Abstract Feral dogs are well-organized hunters of ungulates in many parts of the world, causing great damage to wildlife populations and ultimately to the ecosystem. In Pakistan, the impacts of feral dogs on the wildlife have not been documented yet. In a period of fifteen years (2006-2020), feral dogs have killed hundreds of threatened markhor in Chitral gol national park (CGNP), Pakistan. Despite direct predation other impacts including disturbance and competition with other natural predators, could compromise conservation and management efforts. The population of feral dogs seems to have been increased with the increase of dumping sites by communities. Our findings suggest that there are pressing needs of controlling the feral dogs population and eradicating them from the core zone of CGNP and surrounding buffer communities. Conventional culling of dogs should be coupled with modern techniques like castration and sterilization. Communities should be educated regarding the clean environment, proper disposal of home wastes and, biodiversity conservation.
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spelling Feral dogs in Chitral gol national park, Pakistan: a potential threat to the future of threatened Kashmir Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)Canis familiarisfree roamingdump sitesMarkhorwildlife lossAbstract Feral dogs are well-organized hunters of ungulates in many parts of the world, causing great damage to wildlife populations and ultimately to the ecosystem. In Pakistan, the impacts of feral dogs on the wildlife have not been documented yet. In a period of fifteen years (2006-2020), feral dogs have killed hundreds of threatened markhor in Chitral gol national park (CGNP), Pakistan. Despite direct predation other impacts including disturbance and competition with other natural predators, could compromise conservation and management efforts. The population of feral dogs seems to have been increased with the increase of dumping sites by communities. Our findings suggest that there are pressing needs of controlling the feral dogs population and eradicating them from the core zone of CGNP and surrounding buffer communities. Conventional culling of dogs should be coupled with modern techniques like castration and sterilization. Communities should be educated regarding the clean environment, proper disposal of home wastes and, biodiversity conservation.Instituto Internacional de Ecologia2023-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842023000100157Brazilian Journal of Biology v.83 2023reponame:Brazilian Journal of Biologyinstname:Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE)instacron:IIE10.1590/1519-6984.245867info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessKhattak,R. H.Xin,Z.Ahmad,S.Bari,F.Khan,A.Nabi,G.Shah,A. A.Khan,S.Rehman,E. Ureng2021-08-18T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1519-69842023000100157Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bjb/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbjb@bjb.com.br||bjb@bjb.com.br1678-43751519-6984opendoar:2021-08-18T00:00Brazilian Journal of Biology - Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Feral dogs in Chitral gol national park, Pakistan: a potential threat to the future of threatened Kashmir Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)
title Feral dogs in Chitral gol national park, Pakistan: a potential threat to the future of threatened Kashmir Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)
spellingShingle Feral dogs in Chitral gol national park, Pakistan: a potential threat to the future of threatened Kashmir Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)
Khattak,R. H.
Canis familiaris
free roaming
dump sites
Markhor
wildlife loss
title_short Feral dogs in Chitral gol national park, Pakistan: a potential threat to the future of threatened Kashmir Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)
title_full Feral dogs in Chitral gol national park, Pakistan: a potential threat to the future of threatened Kashmir Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)
title_fullStr Feral dogs in Chitral gol national park, Pakistan: a potential threat to the future of threatened Kashmir Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)
title_full_unstemmed Feral dogs in Chitral gol national park, Pakistan: a potential threat to the future of threatened Kashmir Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)
title_sort Feral dogs in Chitral gol national park, Pakistan: a potential threat to the future of threatened Kashmir Markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)
author Khattak,R. H.
author_facet Khattak,R. H.
Xin,Z.
Ahmad,S.
Bari,F.
Khan,A.
Nabi,G.
Shah,A. A.
Khan,S.
Rehman,E. Ur
author_role author
author2 Xin,Z.
Ahmad,S.
Bari,F.
Khan,A.
Nabi,G.
Shah,A. A.
Khan,S.
Rehman,E. Ur
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Khattak,R. H.
Xin,Z.
Ahmad,S.
Bari,F.
Khan,A.
Nabi,G.
Shah,A. A.
Khan,S.
Rehman,E. Ur
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Canis familiaris
free roaming
dump sites
Markhor
wildlife loss
topic Canis familiaris
free roaming
dump sites
Markhor
wildlife loss
description Abstract Feral dogs are well-organized hunters of ungulates in many parts of the world, causing great damage to wildlife populations and ultimately to the ecosystem. In Pakistan, the impacts of feral dogs on the wildlife have not been documented yet. In a period of fifteen years (2006-2020), feral dogs have killed hundreds of threatened markhor in Chitral gol national park (CGNP), Pakistan. Despite direct predation other impacts including disturbance and competition with other natural predators, could compromise conservation and management efforts. The population of feral dogs seems to have been increased with the increase of dumping sites by communities. Our findings suggest that there are pressing needs of controlling the feral dogs population and eradicating them from the core zone of CGNP and surrounding buffer communities. Conventional culling of dogs should be coupled with modern techniques like castration and sterilization. Communities should be educated regarding the clean environment, proper disposal of home wastes and, biodiversity conservation.
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