Title
Threats of domestic dogs over the conservation of the Andean condor, fox and puma in the Bolivian high Andes / Amenazas de perros domésticos en la conservación del cóndor, el zorro y el puma en las tierras altas de Bolivia
Author(s)
Enzo Aliaga-Rossel; Boris Ríos-Uzeda; Herminio Ticona
Published
2012
Publisher
Latin American Journal of Conservation/Revista Latinoamericana de Conservación
Abstract
Even though domestic dogs depend on humans, in suburban and rural areas the lack of control or care on these animals caused that they have become feral. There are several negative reports of these feral animals to native wildlife, e.g., the transmission of many diseases and predation on small native species. In this note we present our observations on the interaction of domestic dogs with the condor and the Andean fox, we also report the conflicts caused by domestic dogs to native predators (Andean fox and puma) and to local people. / Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) have a cosmopolitan distribution and have accompanied man for more than 15,000 years, and although they depend on humans, the lack of control or care of these animals in peri-urban and rural areas has transformed them into feral animals. There are numerous negative reports of these animals towards native wildlife, for example, the transmission of diseases or predation on small native species. This paper presents some observations on the interactions of domestic dogs with the condor and the Andean fox and additionally reports conflicts caused by domestic dogs between native predators (fox and puma) and local people.
Keywords
Andes; animal conflicts; carnivore interaction; depredation; protected areas; protected areas; conflicts; predation; carnivore interaction; carnivore interaction
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