Ecological monitoring of urban groups of stray dogs: An example of the city of petrozavodsk

Ивантер, Э. В.; Sedova, N.A.

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“…We found that the odds of sighting a de-sexed FRD in industrial (OR 0.7, p-value = 0.01) and administrative (OR 0.2, p-value <0.001) survey tracks was lower compared to residential sectors. Interestingly, this finding is similar to the study in the city of Petrozavodsk, Russia, where the number of stray dogs forming groups in industrial zones was higher than in residential areas where most dogs were solitary [42]. This was believed to be linked with the presence of secluded breeding dens and fewer instances of human interference restricting the formation of packs in these zones.…”

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“…However, the spatial frequency distribution of various sized groups in three of the tracks in rural Shirsuphal was not random, implying the tendency of FRD to form stable groups at these sites. A possible explanation for stable groups in rural Shirsuphal could have been the presence of lactating bitches (13%) and bitches in oestrous (6%) on these tracks [10,35,41,42], but the univariable analyses of the influence of gender over group sizes of FRD did not show any significant difference between the group forming tendency for male and female FRD ( Table 3). The FRD groupings in rural Shirsuphal can be attributed to individual preferences of the rural FRD to stay together rather than the need to form stable groups for hunting/sourcing food [16].…”

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Utilising Group-Size and Home-Range Characteristics of Free-Roaming Dogs (FRD) to Guide Mass Vaccination Campaigns against Rabies in India

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Adequate vaccination coverage of free roaming dogs (FRD) against canine rabies is not achieved primarily due to difficulties in administering parenteral vaccinations to this population. One factor associated with this difficulty is the tendency of FRD to form groups, which increases their aggressive behavior, resulting in a significant risk of dog-bites for the vaccinators. This study investigated factors that influenced FRD forming groups and their home-ranges, using data obtained from photographic capture-recapture/sight-resight surveys conducted in rural Shirsuphal (584 sightings) and urban Panchkula (3208 sightings), India. In the rural site, older dogs (OR 0.5, 95% CI 0.2–0.9, p = 0.03) and FRD sighted within 20 m of garbage sites (OR 0.6, 95% CI 0.4–0.9, p = 0.02) were less likely to be in groups. The number of dogs sighted with an FRD decreased with increased resight-probability of that dog (β= –1.0, p < 0.001). The rural FRD with smaller home-ranges were more likely to be sighted alone (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.0–95, p = 0.04) than those with larger home-ranges. In the urban site, females (OR 1.3, 95% CI 1.1–1.5, p = 0.002) and older dogs (OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.1–2.1, p = 0.07) were more likely to be found in groups, and groups of dogs were more likely to be seen within 20 meters of garbage sites (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.5–2.0, p < 0.001). The distribution of urban FRD sighted alone, in pairs, triads, and in packs of ≥4 dogs were not random in the administrative (p = 0.02), and the two industrial (p = 0.03 & 0.01) survey tracks of the urban site, implying stable groups. The resighting probability of a dog (β = 0.3, p < 0.0001) and presence of garbage within 20 m (β = 0.2, p < 0.0001) in the urban site increased the likelihood of sighting a FRD with other dogs. It is concluded that data on the resighting probability, presence of garbage points, and home-ranges can be utilised to guide the selection of parenteral or oral rabies vaccination to achieve a population vaccination coverage of 70% to break the transmission cycle of rabies virus in FRD in India.

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Utilising Group-Size and Home-Range Characteristics of Free-Roaming Dogs (FRD) to Guide Mass Vaccination Campaigns against Rabies in India

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“…Whereas ethological studies have a major statistical and quantitative component, the present study adopted an ethnographic and qualitative approach to examine the behavioral adjustment of dogs in an urban context. An ethological study [22] with an ethnographic component [23] had earlier been undertaken among dogs in a Russian city [24]. Such studies were taken as initial cases to understand dogs' spatial adjustment.…”

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“…In this urban context, the dogs who survived lived in a state of nonhuman dependency, exhibiting a less domesticated (or less tamed) social form (i.e., no learning imposed by humans). Consequently, whereas cities encourage anonymous and individualized lifestyles among humans [119], Concepción allowed these dogs to display all their (untamed) forms of sociability [10,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. We found that the territories of the different dogs could be almost perfectly superimposed onto the manmade city's territorial patterns, and the dogs exhibited a range of territorialities [120].…”

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Coexistence of Diversified Dog Socialities and Territorialities in the City of Concepción, Chile

Miternique

Gaunet

2020

Animals

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There has been scant research on the presence of stray dogs in cities. Studying their very considerable presence in Concepción (Chile) provided a unique opportunity to learn more about the different patterns of sociality and territoriality exhibited by the dog species. Via a set of case studies, we examined the behavior of urban dogs, adopting an ethnographic methodology. This yielded findings of the dogs’ cognitive, social and spatial adjustment abilities, i.e., their territorialities. Our hypothesis was validated: We found numerous types of sociability, we confirmed the presence of two previously established categories: family dogs (pets, guard dogs and beggars’ dogs) and stray dogs (dogs almost entirely unused to humans, aggressive dogs at the far end of the campus and feral dogs in the woods). We also identified three new ones: familiar stray dogs in packs (dogs both spatially and socially close to humans), pet-stray dogs (i.e., village dogs interacting closely with people) and free-roaming pet dogs. We conclude that an ongoing two-way bond between humans and animals allowed these dogs to became part of a city’s urban identity and explains the stray dogs’ plasticity in terms of adapting to the diversified urban habitat. We postulate that it was the human culture and range of urban areas in Concepción that gave rise to this unique diversity of sociospatial positioning and level of adjustment (e.g., dogs crossing crosswalks).

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“…La mayor probabilidad de observar jaurías en las torrenteras o en los botaderos es solo un ejemplo de cómo la ecología canina se entremezcla con el paisaje urbano para crear estructuras organizacionales en las jaurías, patrones de dispersión espacial, y variación en las densidades de las poblaciones caninas, que deben ser tomadas en cuenta para el manejo de canes (49) . Los perros son animales sociales, que crean jerarquías e interacciones complejas (50,51) . El sacrificio de perros vagabundos es seguido por una desorganización social de las jaurías que son total o parcialmente exterminadas.…”

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Efecto del sacrificio de perros vagabundos en el control de la rabia canina

Castillo-Neyra¹,

Levy

Náquira

2016

Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica

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RESUMENEn la ciudad de Arequipa, Perú, se han detectado perros con rabia desde marzo de 2015, señal de la reintroducción del virus de la rabia (VR) en esta zona previamente declarada libre de esta enfermedad. La alta densidad de perros vagabundos ha sido considerada una de las causas de la continua transmisión del VR en el brote de la ciudad de Arequipa, alentando el sacrificio de perros como medida de salud pública. Sin embargo, la efectividad de esta medida de control no ha sido evaluada. El objetivo de esta revisión fue determinar la efectividad del sacrificio de perros vagabundos como medida de control de la rabia urbana. Se realizó la búsqueda de artículos sobre control de rabia canina o urbana en las bases de datos de Medline, Scopus y LILACS. Se incluyeron estudios originales y revisiones que hayan evaluado algún efecto del sacrificio de perros en la transmisión del VR. Veinte de 21 artículos concluyen que el sacrificio de perros vagabundos es inefectivo en reducir la trasmisión del VR e, incluso, puede tener consecuencias imprevistas que empeoren el problema. En conclusión, la evidencia disponible indica que sacrificar perros vagabundos no es efectivo para controlar la rabia urbana. Además, las diversas consecuencias negativas del sacrificio de los perros vagabundos reportadas en otras partes del mundo sugieren que el sistema de rabia urbana es altamente complejo y todos sus componentes deben ser tomados en cuenta durante la implementación de actividades de control. Palabras clave: perros; rabia; sacrificio de perros; zoonosis (fuente: DeCS BIREME). EFFECT OF FREE-ROAMING DOGS CULLING ON THE CONTROL OF CANINE RABIES ABSTRACTIn the Peruvian city of Arequipa, rabid dogs have been detected since March 2015, signaling the reintroduction of the rabies virus (RV) in this previously officially-declared rabies free zone. High dog density is considered one of the causes for the continuous transmission of the RV in the outbreak in the city of Arequipa, which seemingly lends support to the culling of dogs as a public health measure. However, the effectiveness of culling free-roaming dogs to control urban rabies has not been evaluated. Objective to determine the effectiveness of free-roaming dog culling as a control measure of urban rabies. Source of data: We searched for articles on dog rabies control or urban rabies control in the databases of PubMed, Scopus and LILACS. The characteristics and results of the documents obtained were recorded. Eligibility criteria: We included original studies and reviews that have evaluated an effect of culling dogs in the transmission of RV. Data collection and evaluation: One of the authors (RCN) screened the articles found in the search based on their titles and abstracts. The data and results of the articles selected for full reading were evaluated by at least two authors. Results: 21 articles were eligible for full reading. 20 of 21 articles conclude that free-roaming dog culling is ineffective in reducing the transmission of RV and may even have unintended consequences that w...

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Ecological monitoring of urban groups of stray dogs: An example of the city of petrozavodsk

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

Utilising Group-Size and Home-Range Characteristics of Free-Roaming Dogs (FRD) to Guide Mass Vaccination Campaigns against Rabies in India

Utilising Group-Size and Home-Range Characteristics of Free-Roaming Dogs (FRD) to Guide Mass Vaccination Campaigns against Rabies in India

Coexistence of Diversified Dog Socialities and Territorialities in the City of Concepción, Chile

Efecto del sacrificio de perros vagabundos en el control de la rabia canina

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