Effect of interactions among ethnic communities, livestock and wild dogs (Cuon alpinus) in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Lyngdoh, Salvador; Gopi, Govindan Veeraswami; Selvan, K. Muthamizh; Habib, Bilal

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“…Humandhole interactions seem most predominant in areas that lack sufficient wild prey. For example, Lyngdoh et al [29] reported high livestock predation by dholes in Northeast India where there are low prey densities because of hunting. This is in contrast to the Western Ghats of India where prey animals are found in good densities and people reported the dhole as one of the least conflict-prone carnivores [30].…”

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Local People's Attitudes and Perceptions of Dholes (Cuon Alpinus) around Protected Areas in Southeastern Thailand

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Kanchanasaka

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Tropical Conservation Science

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Large carnivores such as dholes (Cuon alpinus) have been persecuted and eradicated from certain areas because of the perception that they pose significant threats to livestock. We conducted interviews to examine which variables predict local people's attitude towards dholes. We opportunistically sampled 791 respondents (≥ 18 years of age) in 34 villages that were within 10 km of one of seven targeted protected areas in southeastern Thailand. We used Random Forests to analyze responses to 20 questions concerning respondent demography; knowledge of, perceived occurrence of, and personal attitudes toward dholes; and frequency of forest visits. Respondents agreed dholes should be eliminated based heavily on whether or not they 1) considered dholes dangerous and 2) believed dholes will attack a person. Most villagers, however, held neutral or positive attitudes toward dholes; only 12% of participants stated that dholes should be eliminated in the wild. Overall, we found an encouraging social climate for dholes in Thailand. Our findings support the need for enhanced efforts to teach people to distinguish dholes from jackals (Canis aureus) and to encourage students to experience nature.

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Local People's Attitudes and Perceptions of Dholes (Cuon Alpinus) around Protected Areas in Southeastern Thailand

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Kanchanasaka

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“…The Indian subcontinent currently harbours majority of the wild dhole populations across its range (Kamler et al 2015), where the species has experienced about 60% habitat decline (Karanth et al 2010). The dense forests of Western Ghats and central India retain most of the dhole population (Karanth et al 2009) while the Eastern Ghats landscape, northeast India and Himalayan region hold smaller populations (Karanth et al 2009, Lyngdoh et al 2014, Bashir et al 2014).…”

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The Cuon Enigma: Genome survey and comparative genomics of the endangered Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

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35The Asiatic wild dog is an endangered monophyletic canid restricted to Asia; facing threats 36 from habitat fragmentation and other anthropogenic factors. Dholes have unique adaptations 37 as compared to other wolf-like canids for large litter size (larger number of mammae) and 38 hypercarnivory making it evolutionarily notable. Over evolutionary time, dhole and the 39 subsequent divergent wild canids have lost coat patterns found in African wild dog. Here we 40 report the first high coverage genome survey of Asiatic wild dog and mapped it with African 41 wild dog, dingo and domestic dog to assess the structural variants. We generated a total of 42 124.8 Gb data from 416140921 raw read pairs and retained 398659457 reads with 52X 43 coverage and mapped 99.16% of the clean reads to the three reference genomes. We 44 identified ~13553269 SNV's, ~2858184 InDels, ~41000 SVs, ~1854109 SSRs and about 45 1000 CNVs. We compared the annotated genome of dingo and domestic dog with dhole 46 genome sequence to understand the role of genes responsible in pelage pattern, dentition and 47 mammary glands. Positively selected genes for these phenotypes were looked for SNP 48 variants and top ranked genes for coat pattern, dentition and mammary glands were found to 49 play a role in signalling and developmental pathways. Mitochondrial genome assembly 50 predicted 35 genes, 11 CDS and 24 tRNA. This genome information will help in 51 understanding the divergence of two monophlyletic canids, Cuon and Lycaon, and the 52 evolutionary adaptations of dholes with respect to other canids. 53 54 55 56 57 58 59The Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus) or dhole is monotypic canid belonging to the genus 60 Cuon. Dholes were widely distributed across the continents of North America, Europe and 61

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“…The Indian subcontinent currently retains majority of the remaining dhole populations [4], where the species has faced about 60% decline in their historical distribution [5]. The Western Ghats and central Indian forests of the subcontinent still holds majority of the remaining dhole population in India[6], whereas small populations are found in the Eastern Ghats [6], northeast India [7, 8] and Himalayan region [9]. Given the current anthropogenic disturbance scenario across its range, the future survival of this monotypic genus depends on integrated conservation measures involving detailed, accurate information on ecology, demography and genetics.…”

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Standardization and validation of a panel of cross-species microsatellites to individually identify the Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus): implications in population estimation and dynamics

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Email: 7 shrushti@wii.gov.in 8 bh@wii.gov.in 9 pallavi@wii.gov.in 10 nigamp@wii.gov.in 11 samrat@wii.gov.in 12 13 Abstract 27 Background 28 The Asiatic wild dog or dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a highly elusive, monophyletic, forest 29 dwelling, social canid distributed across south and Southeast Asia. Severe pressures from 30 habitat loss, prey depletion, disease, human persecution and interspecific competition resulted 31 in global population decline in dholes. Despite a declining population trend, detailed 32 information on population size, ecology, demography and genetics is lacking. Generating 33 reliable information and landscape level for dholes is challenging due to their secretive 34 behaviour and monomorphic physical features. Recent advances in non-invasive DNA-based 35tools can be used to monitor populations and individuals across large landscapes. In this 36 paper, we describe standardization and validation of faecal DNA-based methods for 37 individual identification of dholes. We tested this method on field-collected dhole faeces in 38 four tiger reserves of the central Indian landscape in the state of Maharashtra, India. Further, 39 we conducted preliminary analyses of dhole population structure and demography in the 40 study area. 41Results 42 We tested a total of 18 cross-species markers and developed a panel of 12 markers for 43 unambiguous individual identification of dholes. This marker panel identified 101 unique 44 individuals from faecal samples collected across our pilot field study area. These loci showed 45 varied level of amplification success (57-88%), polymorphism (3-9 alleles), heterozygosity 46 (0.23-0.63) and produced a cumulative probability of identity (unbiased) and probability of 47 identity (sibs) value of 4.7x10 -10 and 1.5x10 -4 , respectively. Our preliminary analyses of 48 population structure indicated four genetic subpopulations in dholes. Qualitative analyses of 49 population demography show signal of population decline.50 3Conclusion 51 Our results demonstrated that the selected panel of 12 microsatellite loci can conclusively 52 identify dholes from poor quality, non-invasive biological samples and help in exploring 53 various population parameters. Our methods can be used to estimate dhole populations and 54 assess population trends for this elusive, social carnivore. 55 56 57 The Asiatic wild dog or dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a highly elusive, endangered, social canid 58 distributed in south and southeast Asia [1, 2] occupying a range of habitat types including 59 alpine, temperate, sub-tropical and tropical forests [2]. Driven by habitat loss, prey depletion, 60 disease transmission from domestic dog, human persecution and interspecific competition [3, 61 4], dholes are currently found in about 75% of their historical global range [2, 4]. Global 62 dhole population is roughly estimated to be about 4500-10500 with only 949-2215 mature 63 individuals, but accurate estimates and population trends are not available from any part of its 64 range [4]. They are consid...

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Effect of interactions among ethnic communities, livestock and wild dogs (Cuon alpinus) in Arunachal Pradesh, India

Cited by 35 publications

References 32 publications

Local People's Attitudes and Perceptions of Dholes (Cuon Alpinus) around Protected Areas in Southeastern Thailand

Local People's Attitudes and Perceptions of Dholes (Cuon Alpinus) around Protected Areas in Southeastern Thailand

The Cuon Enigma: Genome survey and comparative genomics of the endangered Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

Standardization and validation of a panel of cross-species microsatellites to individually identify the Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus): implications in population estimation and dynamics

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