Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs Page 1 Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and
Dogs Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan Status Survey and Conservation Action …

Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) arrived in Zimbabwe ca. 1000 years ago. Numbers of free-
ranging dogs have reached unprecedented levels in communal lands (agro-pastoralist rural …

Lyssaviruses are the etiological agents of rabies, one of the oldest viral diseases known to
man and a disease that has persisted over many centuries. Together with sound diagnostic …

Infectious disease is an emerging threat that conservationists are ill-equipped to manage.
The threat is greatest for small populations, which can be driven to extinction by virulent …

Background Infectious diseases have contributed to the decline and local extinction of
several wildlife species, including African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Mitigating such disease …

African wild dogs are endangered, and in South Africa as elsewhere, they inhabit a fraction
of their former range. In this study, we assessed the potential for economic benefits derived …

Infectious disease constitutes a substantial threat to the viability of endangered species.
Population viability analysis (PVA) can be a useful tool for directing conservation …

1. We evaluated one of the most extensive efforts to date to re-introduce an endangered
species: attempts to establish an actively managed meta-population of African wild dogs …

Infectious diseases pose an important extinction risk for a number of endangered carnivore
populations. Wild canids are particularly susceptible to generalist pathogens transmitted …

Background African Wild Dogs are rarely seen, even where they are relatively common, and
it appears that populations have always existed at very low densities. Table 2 in the …