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Wildlife scientists satellite-collar a dhole
News:
- The wildlife scientists have collared a dhole, the Indian wild dog, with a satellite transmitter.
Important facts:
2.The team of scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) tracks down a pack of 14 dholes in Bishanpura meadow in the Mukki range of the Kanha National Park.
3.It was done to study the habits of the endangered species.
4.With less than 2,500 individuals surviving in the wild globally, the dhole is already extinct in about 10 Asian countries.
5.Conservation ecologists believe the renewed efforts can help protect dholes.
6.About Dholes:
- The Dholes is a canid native to Central, South and Southeast Asia.
- Other names for the species include Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, and mountain wolf.
- The dole is a highly social animal, living in large clans without rigid dominance hierarchies and containing multiple breeding females.
- In tropical forests, the dhole competes with tiger and leopards, targeting somewhat different prey species, but still with substantial dietary overlap.
- It is listed as Endangered by the IUCN as populations are decreasing.
