Abstract:The dholes received little scientifi c attention due to the lower charisma factor than other larger carnivores found in the same areas like Tiger and Snow Leopard. Introduction:The dholes or Asiatic wild dogs (Cuon alpinus) are one of the least studied social carnivores in the world. Dhole range includes central and east Asia, from China (Manchuria) in the north to India and the Malay Peninsula in the South. They are also found on the islands of Sumatra and Java but are absent in Borneo, Srilanka and Japan (Johnsingh 1985). Despite this wide distribution, dholes occur at low densities that warrant international protection. The dhole is listed as an appendix II species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES 2010) and endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with the decreasing population trend (IUCN 2010). These dogs are distributed from tropical forests to the high mountains of Nepal's protected areas. These dogs received little conservation efforts due to lower charisma factor than other large carnivores of the same area (eg. Tiger, Snow Leopard).
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