Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh rank high in the conservation of the endangered dhole in India.
Dhole is an apex social carnivore in the tropical forests of South and South East Asia.
Dholes are susceptible to rabies, canine distemper, canine parvovirus and sarcoptic mange among others which are usually contracted from domestic village dogs that act as reservoirs.
Endangered –IUCN.
CITES – Appendix II.
Schedule II of wildlife act.
In 2014, the Indian government sanctioned its first dhole conservation breeding centre at the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) in Visakhapatnam.
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