INVESTIGADORES
LAMBERTUCCI Sergio Agustin
artículos
Título:
Cats and dogs put wildlife at risk
Autor/es:
PLAZA, P.; SPEZIALE, K.L.; ZAMORA-NASCA, L.; LAMBERTUCCI, S.A.
Revista:
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Editorial:
WILDLIFE SOC
Referencias:
Lugar: Columbia; Año: 2019
ISSN:
0022-541X
Resumen:
Populationsof dogs (Canis familiaris) and cats (Felis catus) areincreasing worldwide producing important impacts on the ecosystem, which areespecially relevant when they live near protected areas. Free-ranging dogs and cats interact with wildlife in several ways: throughpredation, harassment, disease transmission or hybridization. They can alsocompete with wildlife by reducing the availability of prey or by interference alteringits activity patterns. Most of the time these interactions are negative forwildlife, which lead them to be considered the cause of more than half of theglobal extinction cases of bird, mammal and reptile species. Regrettably, despitethese impacts have been studied deeply around the world, the presence of free-rangingdogs and cats nearby protected areas is not perceived as an important problemfor most people and policy makers. We call thelocal authoritiesand policy makers to enforce existing laws,particularly laws to ensure that owned free-ranging dogs andcats be kept within the property limits. It is also important to develop more freeof charge and effective neutered programs for dogs and cats to reduce theirpopulations in all the urban sites surrounding protected areas.