Hello all! My research on human-painted dog interactions is part of a crowdfunding challenge. This is my first experience with crowdfunding, and I am using the opportunity to raise funds to purchase field equipment to support this timely and necessary research. Please share!
A brief project introduction is posted below, but more information can be found at www.experiment.com/paintedpups Endangered African painted dogs are highly social with individuals that care for sick, injured, and elderly pack members. Populations decreased from half a million individuals to approximately 6000 due to human-related activities such as snares, persecution, and habitat loss/fragmentation. We aim to understand the scale of a new threat, den disturbance by humans, and evaluate its effects on painted dog behavior and growth rates through zoo collaborations, den camera monitoring, and photograph analysis.
