Movement and home range of owned free-roaming male dogs in Puerto Natales, Chile

Pérez, Guillermo E.; Conte, Annamaria; Garde, Elena; Messori, Stefano; Vanderstichel, Raphaël; Serpell, James A.

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2018.05.022

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“…In wild land habitats, such as open forests in New South Wales, Molsher () found fox and cat home‐range sizes to be similar, thus supporting our hypothesis that the respective wild and domestic character of foxes and cats may explain the larger home ranges of foxes in the selected studies. Compared with other urban carnivores, the home‐range sizes found for foxes and cats in this study are smaller than those of jackals in farmlands near the town of Dinsho in southern Ethiopia (Admasu et al ., ), similar to those of urban dingoes in peri‐urban areas of Queensland (Allen et al ., ) – probably due to the smaller body size of jackals compared to dingoes – and larger than those of free‐roaming domesticated male dogs in the city of Puerto Natales (Chile) (Perez et al ., ) – probably due to the dogs’ high site fidelity to their owner's home as described by the authors.…”

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Trophic patterns and home‐range size of two generalist urban carnivores: a review

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Foxes and cats are the most abundant medium‐sized urban carnivores. To date, however, there has been a lack of effort to synthesize data on the spatial and trophic resources used by these two carnivores, despite the importance of this information for assessing their similarity and roles in urban food webs. In this paper, we first synthesize all available information on the trophic patterns and home‐range size of these two predators based on a total of 91 studies. Second, we conduct statistical analyses to test the influence of environmental and biological variables such as regional differences, habitat characteristics, age, and sexual status on their home‐range size and diet patterns within urban habitats, and then evaluate the methods used to investigate these components. Our findings highlight the lack of studies that simultaneously monitor the diet and home‐range size of both predators within urban habitats. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to compare fox and cat home‐range size and diet. Foxes exhibited larger ranges than cats, while intact cats showed larger home ranges than desexed cats. Diet diversity obtained for both predators confirmed their trophic plasticity within urban habitats. Both predators consumed fewer mammals and invertebrates in highly disturbed habitats compared to medium ones. We also found that the procedure of data acquisition significantly influenced fox and cat home‐range sizes. In terms of diet, the type of recovered samples had a significant effect on the diet composition of both predators. To improve our understanding of the relative impact of these two urban carnivores on urban wildlife, we recommend simultaneously studying both species in future studies. Moreover, methodological standards for both diet and home‐range size studies are needed to allow comparisons.

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Trophic patterns and home‐range size of two generalist urban carnivores: a review

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“…Such information is important for tackling endemic zoonotic diseases and devising suitable population control and animal welfare programs. The estimated global mean HR (448 m 2 ) was similar to that reported by Daniels (30) for free-ranging dogs in Newark, NJ, USA, but lower than the values cited in studies carried out in rural areas or in communities located in regions encompassing a high-density of vegetation (20,(31)(32)(33)(34)(35). It is known that the movement of free-roaming dogs depends on specific characteristics of the geographical settings and on the availability of food (20).…”

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Effects of Gender, Sterilization, and Environment on the Spatial Distribution of Free-Roaming Dogs: An Intervention Study in an Urban Setting

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“…These observations can be corroborated with other findings where stray/semi-owned dogs remain in proximity to people who provide food to them, even when those people do not claim ownership of the dogs [47][48][49]. Consequently, we conclude that FRD in rural Shirsuphal are more accepting of human proximity than those in urban Panchkula.…”

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“…The average home-ranges (2.8 ha and 3.7 ha for rural and urban settings, respectively) are comparable to those reported in USA, Australia, Russia, and India for urban FRD [14,18,42], but were much lower than that reported in Chile (65 ha) [47] and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Northern Australia (40-104 ha) [4]. Although our study limited the inclusion of FRD to those with a high resight probability (≥0.7), most of these individuals were sighted alone.…”

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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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Movement and home range of owned free-roaming male dogs in Puerto Natales, Chile

Cited by 29 publications

References 33 publications

Trophic patterns and home‐range size of two generalist urban carnivores: a review

Trophic patterns and home‐range size of two generalist urban carnivores: a review

Effects of Gender, Sterilization, and Environment on the Spatial Distribution of Free-Roaming Dogs: An Intervention Study in an Urban Setting

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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