Rehabilitation and release of orphan golden jackal pups (Canis aureus)
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Golden jackal, Canis aureus, nursing, wildlife rehabilitation, post-release monitoringAbstract
Hand-raising wildlife orphans require expertise and knowledge of the species
concerned. In this paper, we describe the successful hand-raising of three
golden jackal pups subsequently released back to the wild. The pups were
nursed using a commercial canine milk replacer for puppies. The average
weight gain of the jackal pups was 3.96 g (±0.32) per day during the milk
feeding period and 22.71 g (±1.03) per day after they were weaned and solid
food was given. They were housed in a medium-sized cage (48 × 36 × 36 in)
with a refuge den until they were 3–4 months old and then moved to a larger
outdoor enclosure (22 × 10 × 10 ft). To create fidelity to the release site, they
were held in a transit cage (8 × 6 × 6 ft) for 36 days at the release site. They
were about a year old at the time of release. Two of them (male and female)
were radio-collared, but the collars failed the day after release. The females
moved away from the male four days post-release, as evidenced by the camera
trap images. The male was sighted two months post-release with the damaged
collar on, but the fate of the two females could not be ascertained. Data on the
post-release survival and ranging pattern could not be established due to the
compromised radio collars.
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