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Livestock Predation by Endangered Indian Wolf (Canis Lupus) in Hadagarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Eastern India


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1 Department of Zoology, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, Mayurbhanja, Odisha, 757003
2 Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity Conservation, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, Mayurbhanja, Odisha, 757003
3 Regional Plant Research Center, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751015.
     

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Indian wolf predations on domestic livestock were investigated by a questionnaire survey in four villages of the Hadagarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Eastern India. Most local inhabitants were subsistence daily wage laborers in addition to livestock rearing and agriculture as a secondary source of income, with an average livestock holding of 14 animals per household. Reported losses due to Indian wolves averaged 1.1 animals per household in one year of study, constituting 7.6% of total stock-holding, representing in monetary US$ 3491.

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Wolf, Farmer, Livestock, Goat, Hadagarh
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Himanshu S Palei
Department of Zoology, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, Mayurbhanja, Odisha, 757003

Subrat Debata
Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity Conservation, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, Mayurbhanja, Odisha, 757003

Pratyush P. Mohapatra
Regional Plant Research Center, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751015.

Hemanta K. Sahu
Department of Zoology, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, Mayurbhanja, Odisha, 757003


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Authors

Himanshu S Palei
Department of Zoology, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, Mayurbhanja, Odisha, 757003
Subrat Debata
Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity Conservation, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, Mayurbhanja, Odisha, 757003
Pratyush P. Mohapatra
Regional Plant Research Center, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751015.
Hemanta K. Sahu
Department of Zoology, North Orissa University, Takatpur, Baripada, Mayurbhanja, Odisha, 757003

Abstract


Indian wolf predations on domestic livestock were investigated by a questionnaire survey in four villages of the Hadagarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Eastern India. Most local inhabitants were subsistence daily wage laborers in addition to livestock rearing and agriculture as a secondary source of income, with an average livestock holding of 14 animals per household. Reported losses due to Indian wolves averaged 1.1 animals per household in one year of study, constituting 7.6% of total stock-holding, representing in monetary US$ 3491.

Keywords


Wolf, Farmer, Livestock, Goat, Hadagarh

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