scholarly journals Communal knowledge and perceptions of African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) reintroduction in the western part of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 122-129
Author(s):  
Hosiana Masenga Emmanuel ◽  
Daniel Lyamuya Richard ◽  
Eblate Mjingo Ernest ◽  
Dominikus Fyumagwa Robert ◽  
Røskaft Eivin
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Serengeti National Park ◽  
Lycaon Pictus ◽  
African Wild Dog ◽  
Wild Dog

scholarly journals The wild dog—Africa's vanishing carnivore

Oryx ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Fanshawe ◽  
Lory H. Frame ◽  
Joshua R. Ginsberg
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Lycaon Pictus ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
African Wild Dog ◽  
The Status ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Wild Dog

This paper presents a synopsis of the current status and distribution of the African wild dog Lycaon pictus, outlines reasons for its decline and discusses recommendations to halt or reverse this decline. A recent review of the status of the species provides evidence that it has disappeared or is in decline throughout its range (sub-Saharan Africa). Relict populations with little or no chance of long-term survival are found in several countries including Algeria and Senegal. Countries believed to contain potentially viable populations are, from north to south, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa (only the Kruger National Park).

scholarly journals Community Opinions about African Wild Dog Conservation and Relocations near the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Emmanuel H Masenga ◽  
Richard D Lyamuya ◽  
Mjingo E Eblate ◽  
Robert D Fyumagwa ◽  
Eivin Roskaft
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Local People ◽  
Serengeti National Park ◽  
Serengeti Ecosystem ◽  
African Wild Dog ◽  
High Conservation ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Wild Dog ◽  
Wild Dogs

Conservation of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) in human-dominated landscapes faces many challenges. Understanding human opinions of wild dog conservation is important to inform management decisions. Questionnaire surveys, including both open and closed-ended questions, were administered by researchers through face-to-face interviews of 297 respondents in the eastern part of the Serengeti ecosystem between January and February 2012. Our results indicated that most local people believed that wild dogs were extinct in the Serengeti ecosystem. According to the local people, wild dogs should have a high conservation priority. Moreover, tribe and gender are important demographic variables that explain the negative or positive perceptions ofattempts to relocate wild dogs from the Loliondo Game Controlled Area to the Serengeti National Park (SNP). We conclude that future conservation interventions should focus on the interface between community knowledge and modern conservation science.

scholarly journals An Ecological Paradox: The African Wild Dog (Lycaon Pictus) Is Not Attracted to Water Points When Water Is Scarce in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. e0146263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Ndaimani ◽  
Paradzayi Tagwireyi ◽  
Lovelater Sebele ◽  
Hillary Madzikanda
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Lycaon Pictus ◽  
African Wild Dog ◽  
Wild Dog ◽  
Hwange National Park

scholarly journals A Historical Perspective of the Maasai - African Wild Dog Conflict in the Serengeti Ecosystem

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard D Lyamuya ◽  
Emmanuel H Masenga ◽  
Robert D Fyumagwa ◽  
Machoke N Mwita ◽  
Craig R Jackson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Lycaon Pictus ◽  
Serengeti Ecosystem ◽  
African Wild Dog ◽  
Before And After ◽  
African Wild Dogs ◽  
Wild Dog ◽  
Wild Dogs ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

<p class="1Body">This study discusses the conflict between Maasai pastoralists and African wild dogs (<em>Lycaon pictus) </em>over livestock before and after the Maasai were evicted from the Serengeti National Park (SNP) in 1959. We surveyed 181 randomly selected households from six villages in the eastern Serengeti ecosystem. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to acquire the required information from the respondents. We found that males had a greater awareness of local wild dog presence and livestock-derived conflict than females, and reported more frequently to have chased and killed wild dogs that attacked their livestock. Moreover, the conflict existed before 1959, decreased during the 1990s, but increased from 2000 onwards. This increase is attributed to the growth in human, livestock and wild dog populations in the area. This study recommends that to foster their coexistence, the continued escalation in livestock numbers needs to cease while simultaneously protecting the region’s wild prey populations.</p>

scholarly journals Dangerous game: preferential predation on baboons by African wild dogs in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe

Behaviour ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 156 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-58
Author(s):  
Esther van der Meer ◽  
Nick Lyon ◽  
Thomas Mutonhori ◽  
Roseline Mandisodza-Chikerema ◽  
Peter Blinston
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Prey Selection ◽  
Substantial Part ◽  
Lycaon Pictus ◽  
Faecal Samples ◽  
African Wild Dog ◽  
African Wild Dogs ◽  
Serious Injury ◽  
Wild Dog ◽  
Wild Dogs

Abstract When selecting prey, carnivores optimise energy gained when consuming prey against energy spent when pursuing and subduing prey. Additionally, predators seem to preferentially predate on prey which presents a low risk of injury. When defending itself against predators, baboons (Papio spp.) can inflict serious injury and cause mortality. Although part of Africa’s large carnivores’ diet, predation on baboons is usually avoided. We investigated prey selection patterns of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe. Based on direct and indirect observations and analyses of faecal samples, we show that baboons form a substantial part of the African wild dog diet and were more frequently predated on than would be expected based on availability. Predation on baboons did not vary over baboon sex or age classes but was affected by seasonality. This is the first study to describe a preference for predation on this unusual prey species.

The predicament of the African wild dog,Lycaon pictus, is less precarious than claimed

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 466-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tjeerd B. Jongeling ◽  
Teun Koetsier
Keyword(s):  
Lycaon Pictus ◽  
African Wild Dog ◽  
Wild Dog

scholarly journals Notes on wild dog Lycaon pictus and lion Panthera leo population trends during a drought in the Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.G.L. Mills
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Population Trends ◽  
Adult Survival ◽  
Panthera Leo ◽  
Lycaon Pictus ◽  
Drought Period ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
High Predation ◽  
Wild Dog

Wild dog Lycaon pictus and lion Panthera leo populations in the Kruger National Park appeared to undergo an increase during a drought period in the early 1990s. Newly established packs, high adult survival and pup productivity contributed to an increase in the wild dog population and evidence for high predation success during the height of the drought is presented. An increase in the lion density between 1989 and 1993 on the northern basalt plains, as well as changes in the structure of the population, seem to be related to changes in prey populations, particularly to a decline in numbers and condition of buffalo Syncerus cafer.

scholarly journals Landscape correlates of space use in the critically endangered African wild dog Lycaon pictus

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. e0212621
Author(s):  
Mariëtte E. Pretorius ◽  
Nimmi Seoraj-Pillai ◽  
Neville Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Space Use ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Lycaon Pictus ◽  
African Wild Dog ◽  
Wild Dog

scholarly journals Updated ranges of the Vulnerable cheetah and Endangered African wild dog in Angola

Oryx ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 851-853
Author(s):  
Pedro Monterroso ◽  
Filipe Rocha ◽  
Stefan van Wyk ◽  
Telmo António ◽  
Milcíades Chicomo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lycaon Pictus ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Acinonyx Jubatus ◽  
Civil Unrest ◽  
Distribution Ranges ◽  
African Wild Dog ◽  
African Wild Dogs ◽  
The Status ◽  
Wild Dog ◽  
Wild Dogs

AbstractThe civil unrest that ravaged Angola for nearly 30 years took a heavy toll on the country's wildlife, and led to a lengthy absence of reliable information for many threatened species, including the cheetah Acinonyx jubatus and African wild dog Lycaon pictus. Using camera trapping we assessed the status of these two species in two areas of southern Angola, and complemented our findings by reviewing recent survey reports and observations to provide an update on the species' status. We found unequivocal evidence that African wild dogs are resident and reproducing in Bicuar National Park, where cheetahs appear to be absent. Conversely, cheetahs may be resident in western Cuando Cubango province, where African wild dogs may only be transient. Based on these and other recent records in Angola, we recommend a revision of these species' distribution ranges and note the need for monitoring of these remnant populations and for appropriate attention to any threats.

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