Canid News Board

Canid Conservation Survey

2009-02-08T09:51:00.000Z

To all Friends of the Canid Specialist Group, The IUCN quadrennium came to an end at the World Conservation Congress last October, and all SSC’s Specialist Groups were dissolved. I have been invited by the new SSC Chair, Dr Simon Stuart, to continue to serve as Chair of the Canid Specialist Group (CSG) and re-constitute its membership. I have already written to the current members of

Rabies "barrier" to save Ethiopian wolves

2008-11-10T20:01:00.000Z

Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme Press Release A team of dedicated conservationists is battling to save the world's rarest wolf from a rabies outbreak by creating a 'barrier' of vaccinated wolf packs. With less than 500 left, the endangered Ethiopian wolf teeters on the brink of extinction. In their

Vaccination can spare the lives of world's rarest wolves dying of rabies

2008-10-27T08:33:00.001Z

Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme Press Release 27 October 2008 With less than 500 left, the endangered Ethiopian wolf teeters on the brink of extinction. Restricted to a handful of Ethiopian Mountains they are actively

e-bulletin of EWCP

2008-09-03T12:23:00.000+01:00

If this email does not display properly please follow this link Dear friends of EWCP,I would like to thank those of you that came to the WCN Garden Reception in Los Altos in June. We received many generous donations for EWCP, and I enjoyed meeting old

e-bulletin of EWCP

2008-03-28T17:58:00.001Z

If this email does not display properly please follow this link Dear friends of EWCP Welcome to our very first e-bulletin from the Ethiopian wolf team! I'm mailing this to you as a supporter of EWCP's work to protect these magnificent animals. It is thanks to

Dholes in China

2007-02-24T10:10:00.000Z

Attempted predation on blue sheep Pseudois nayaur (Hodgson) by dholes Cuonalpinus (Pallas) in China Richard B. Harris, University of Montana, Missoula, MT USA 59801 Key words: blue sheep, China, Cuon alpinus, dhole, predation, PseudoisnayaurThe principal predator of blue sheep (Psuedois nayaur) throughout its rangeon the Tibetan plateau is generally considered to be the snow leopard (Unciauncia)

Oxford University News Release: Targeted vaccination programme cuts rabies in endangered Ethiopian wolves

2006-10-12T21:45:00.000+01:00

Researchers have produced the strongest evidence yet to suggest that atargeted reactive vaccination programme, rather than blanketvaccination, can control infectious diseases like rabies in threatenedwild canid populations (wild dogs, wolves and foxes. (Low-coveragevaccination strategies for the conservation of endangered species',D.T.Haydon et al Nature 443, 692-695 -12 October 2006)The research

Field position in Kenya

2006-07-03T17:52:00.000+01:00

The African Wild Dog Conservancy has recently launched a community-based wild dog conservation project in the Ijara District of Kenya. We are looking for a student (or someone with a degree in hand) to hire as a project field assistant/collaborator. This person must be from the local area and speak English. Please see our website (URL: www.AWDConservancy.org) for details about who we are,

New publication

2006-01-23T22:33:00.000Z

Trends, dynamics and resilience of an Ethiopian wolf population - J. Marino, C. Sillero-Zubiri & D.W. Macdonald - Animal Conservation 9 (2006) 49–58 Abstract: Fifteen years of monitoring in the Bale Mountains provide a valuable time series to better understand the dynamics of populations of the endangered Ethiopian wolf Canis simensis in the face of epizootics and increasing human

Job opportunity working with canids in Iran

2006-01-12T12:29:00.000Z

POSTGRADUATE/POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANTWellcome Trust-fundedEcology & Epidemiology GroupDepartment of Biological SciencesUniversity of WarwickA field-based project to investigate the ecology and epidemiology of animportant global vector-borne human and canine protozoal pathogencausing leishmaniasis. Following the recent success of a novelintervention method to reduce childhood and canine

Dingos undergo IVF

2005-11-10T12:15:00.000Z

Dingos undergo IVF Source: AAP - Nov 1, 2005 A new program hopes to save Australia's rapidly dying dingo population through artificial insemination of the pure-bred dogs. Monash University-based research group the Norwood Animal Conservation Group and the Dingo Care Network are launching the Dingo Species Recovery Program in Melbourne on Sunday, to try and save the animal from extinction.

Wild Canid Conservation Survey - NOT for CanidSG Members

2005-10-03T17:04:00.000+01:00

Hello The Canid Specialist Group (CSG) is entering a new quadrennium and I would like to canvass the opinion of those with an interest on the conservation of canids that are not formal Members of the CSG (if you are a Member you would have seen a similar survey I sent out

New canid publication: An empirical test of source-sink dynamics induced by hunting

2005-10-03T13:38:00.000+01:00

Journal of Applied Ecology - Volume 42 Issue 5 Page 910 - 920 –October 2005 An empirical test of source-sink dynamics induced by huntingANDRÉS J. NOVARO, MARTÍN C. FUNES and R. SUSAN WALKER Summary1. Under the source-sink model, persistence of populations in habitat sinks, where deaths outnumber births, depends on dispersal from high-quality habitat sources, where births

EWCP website

2005-09-21T12:32:00.000+01:00

Check out the new website of the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme www.ethiopianwolf.org This is the official site of EWCP, packed with information on the wolves and the project. Claudio

New Chair for the Canid Specialist Group

2005-09-10T20:00:00.000+01:00

Dear Canid Person,As you may know, I was the founder Chairman of the Canid Specialist Group and I have held the role of Chairman for almost quarter of a century. I am pleased to observe, and feel it is not immodest to do so, that the CSG has always been at the vanguard of innovation amongst specialist groups. I also observe how the state of that vanguard has changed unrecognisably over the years

New Article: The Cost Efficiency of Wild Dog Conservation in South Africa

2005-08-22T14:09:00.000+01:00

The Cost Efficiency of Wild Dog Conservation in South AfricaP. A. LINDSEY, R. ALEXANDER, J. T. DU TOIT, AND M.G.L. MILLSConservation Biology. Volume 19 Issue 4 Page 1205 - August 2005Abstract: Aside from Kruger National Park, no other suitable reserves of sufficient size exist in South Africa that will hold a viable population of wild dogs (Lycaon pictus). Consequently, conservation efforts have

Conservation status of Canids in Arabia evaluated in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

2005-08-15T20:19:00.000+01:00

The Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife and the Environment and Protected Areas Authority of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates hosted the 6th annual Conservation Workshop for the Fauna of Arabia from February 19th to 23rd, 2005. During the workshop, delegates representing over 10 countries evaluated the conservation status of canids in Arabia, including golden jackal (Canis aureus),

CSG Scientists call for urgent action to save the endangered Island Fox

2005-08-15T20:17:00.000+01:00

Press release: 27 November 2003We wish to express grave concern about current approaches to the management of the Island Fox Urocyon littoralis, a Critically Endangered species endemic to the California Channel Islands. Three island-endemic subspecies (all candidates for listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act), restricted entirely to the Channel Islands National Park and land owned by The

Rabies in endangered Ethiopian Wolves

2005-08-15T20:16:00.000+01:00

Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme (EWCP)Press release : 31 October 2003 : Addis AbabaIn the last few weeks there has been an outbreak of disease, confirmed as being rabies, among the Ethiopian wolves in the Bale Mountains. The Bale Mountains is home to the most important population of this endangered species that is endemic to Ethiopia. The current Ethiopian wolf population in Bale was

2005-08-15T20:15:00.000+01:00

African Wild Dogs in Mauritania Sir-- I happened to have stumbled across your report on wild dogs in West Africa. I may have some information that would interest you. I was a volunteer for two years with the Peace Corps (the America development organization) in the extreme southern portion of Mauritania in a region

2005-08-15T20:14:00.000+01:00

Rare Addis Wolf At Risk July 8, 2002. The Ethiopian wolf - one of the rarest animals in the world - is being threatened by farmers using poisons to protect their livestock, campaigners told IRIN on Monday. It is the first time that the wolves, listed by the World Conservation Union as "critically endangered", have been killed as a result of poisoning.

2005-08-15T20:11:00.000+01:00

Last wild fox on San Miguel Island feared dead Saturday, April 6, 2002 Associated Press (04-06) 19:55 PST SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) -- National Park Service officials believe the last wild island fox on San Miguel Island may be dead. The loss, which is the latest in a series of about a dozen deaths to wild island foxes in the Santa Cruz and Catalina islands area, is troubling