Ecology of Indian wolf Canis lupus pallipes in the Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary, Nannaj, Solapur, Maharashtra, India

Kumar, Satish; Rahmani, Asad R.

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“…The wolf population in Asia is data deficient, endangered, and evolutionarily distinct (Hamid et al 2019). Several attempts were made to assess the population and occupancy of Indian Grey Wolves (Jhala & Giles 1991;Kumar & Rahmani 1997;Singh & Kumara 2006;Karanth & Chellam 2009;Srivathsa et al 2020). Estimates of earlier wolf populations, wolf ecology, and their habitat assessment were primarily based on surveys and local-level information from pastoralists (Jhala & Giles 1991;Kumar & Rahmani 1997).…”

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“…Several attempts were made to assess the population and occupancy of Indian Grey Wolves (Jhala & Giles 1991;Kumar & Rahmani 1997;Singh & Kumara 2006;Karanth & Chellam 2009;Srivathsa et al 2020). Estimates of earlier wolf populations, wolf ecology, and their habitat assessment were primarily based on surveys and local-level information from pastoralists (Jhala & Giles 1991;Kumar & Rahmani 1997). A recent study using camera traps and a review of literature have suggested the presence of 3,170 Grey Wolves across the Indian subcontinent (Jhala et al 2022).…”

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Nurturing orphaned Indian Grey Wolf at Machia Biological Park, Jodhpur, India

Gehlot,

Adhikari

et al. 2024

J. Threat. Taxa

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The Indian Grey Wolf Canis lupus pallipes is an iconic species of grassland in India. It is a Schedule 1 species according to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and CITES Appendix 1 species. In the absence of parental care, five wolf pups were rescued from Baavarla on 26 November 2020 and brought into Machia Biological Park for hand rearing. In the absence of colostrum, a milk replacer formula (PetLac) was provided to the pups. The pups were kept at an ambient room temperature of 101°F as an adjustment to their natural surroundings. Gripe water, Vitamin A, and multivitamins were administered orally. The temperature and body growth parameters were measured and recorded weekly. Rabies vaccine was administered in the 26th week from the date of rescue. The diet of the wolf was gradually changed and from the 37th week, raw meat was included in their diet. Antibiotics Ciplox-TZ (ciprofloxacin and tinidazole tablet) Brand-Cipla and SPORLAC-DS (lactic acid bacillus tablets 120M) Brand-sanzyme Ltd. were given periodically to restore the gut fauna of the pups.

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Nurturing orphaned Indian Grey Wolf at Machia Biological Park, Jodhpur, India

Gehlot,

Adhikari

et al. 2024

J. Threat. Taxa

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“…The Indian grey wolf ( Canis lupus pallipes ) is the oldest lineage of modern wolves, hence considered an evolutionary significant unit (ESU) (D. K. Sharma et al ., 2004; Aggarwal et al ., 2007; Hennelly et al ., 2021). They depend on smaller to medium‐size wild prey such as blackbuck ( Antilope cervicapra ), chinkara ( Gazella bennettii ), wild pig ( Sus scrofa cristatus ) and a few others (Kumar & Rahmani, 2000; Jethva & Jhala, 2004a; Habib, 2007; Kumar & Rahmani, 2008). They primarily inhabit village outskirts and frequently contact humans (Jhala & Giles, 1991; Habib & Kumar, 2007; Sharma et al ., 2019).…”

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“…They primarily inhabit village outskirts and frequently contact humans (Jhala & Giles, 1991; Habib & Kumar, 2007; Sharma et al ., 2019). Adapting to human‐modified landscapes, wolves have shifted their food preferences towards domestic livestock acquired via hunting and scavenging (Jhala & Giles, 1991; Kumar & Rahmani, 2000; Habib, 2007; Khan et al ., 2022). Indian wolves have modified their ranging pattern (average home range size ~210 km 2 ) and use multiple core areas (2.33 ± 1.52) to cope with the human‐altered landscape, and the core areas mostly connect through villages and agricultural patches (Habib et al ., 2021; Khan et al ., 2022).…”

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Silencing the call of the wild – howling behaviour and responses of the wolf to Anthropocene in India

Sadhukhan

Khan

Habib

2023

Animal Conservation

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Wolves use howls to maintain large territories, intra‐pack communication and social bonding. Besides their physical presence, howls are also instrumental in creating fear and impacting foraging behaviour among the lower cascade. Anthropocene‐led behavioural alteration in vocalization has been observed in a wide range of species, but the effect on wolf howl is unknown. In this context, we have studied the howling behaviour of the Indian wolf through playback surveys (n = 264) across the anthropogenic gradient. We found a disparity in their howl response – based on the distance to villages. In the low disturbed East‐Maharashtra (EM), wolves mostly avoided responding to howling surveys (HS) if done within 1200 m of villages [response rate (RR) = 0.03 ± 0.021], but they did respond once it was done far from villages (>1200 m) (RR = 0.226 ± 0.075). In high human‐density West‐Maharashtra (WM), wolves showed high RR within 1200 m from the villages (RR = 0.148 ± 0.031). But the RR within 500 m from villages was less as howling near villages might lead to easy detection. The collared wolf data showed significantly high RR (0.635 ± 0.067) in their home‐range core, but low RR if the core area was close to a village. Therefore, howling too close to a village is disadvantageous, although their tolerance for responding to HS has increased in the human‐dominated landscape. The extent of the village may increase further with development, which will leave fewer areas for the wolf to defend territory with a long‐range howl. The wolves might behaviourally adapt to a human‐modified landscape by reducing their howling intensity. Adaptation to a fragmented habitat may save the wolves from extinction, but the repercussions of the fundamental behavioural alteration might adversely impact wolf behaviour and the ecological cascade. Whereas ecologists are mainly concerned with the extinction of species, this study highlights the vulnerability of fundamental behaviour of a keystone species attributed to human‐induced contemporary evolution.

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Ecology of Indian wolf Canis lupus pallipes in the Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary, Nannaj, Solapur, Maharashtra, India

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Nurturing orphaned Indian Grey Wolf at Machia Biological Park, Jodhpur, India

Nurturing orphaned Indian Grey Wolf at Machia Biological Park, Jodhpur, India

Silencing the call of the wild – howling behaviour and responses of the wolf to Anthropocene in India

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