Population survey and management strategies of free-roaming dogs (Canis familiaris) on Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

References

• Beck, A. M. (1973). The ecology of stray dogs: A study of free-ranging urban animals. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Beckman, M., Hill, K. E., Farnworth, M. J., Bolwell, C. F., & Bridges, J. (2014). Tourists’ perceptions of the free-roaming dog population in Samoa. Animals, 4, 599–611. doi:10.3390/ani4040599
   Google Scholar
• Belo, V. S., Werneck, G. L., Da Silva, E. S., Barbosa, D. S., & Struchiner, C. J. (2015). Population estimation methods for free-ranging dogs: A systematic review. PLoS One, 10, e0144830. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144830
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bogel, K., & Hoyte, J. A. (1990). Guidelines for dog population management. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization and World Society for the Protection of Animals. Retrieved from http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/61417/1/WHO_ZOON_90.166.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Bradshaw, C. J., Field, I. C., Bowman, D. M., Haynes, C., & Brook, B. W. (2007). Current and future threats from non-indigenous animal species in Northern Australia: A spotlight on World Heritage Area Kakadu National Park. Wildlife Research, 34, 419–436. doi:10.1071/WR06056
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brainard, R. E., Asher, J., Blyth-Skyrme, V., Coccagna, E. F., Dennis, K., Donovan, M. K., … Withall, R. D. (2012). Chapter 8: Saipan. In J. Wetherall (Ed.), Coral reef ecosystem monitoring report of the Mariana archipelago: 2003–2007 (Saipan. Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Special Publication, SP-12-01, 1019, pp. 1-8). Retrieved from http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/cred/coral_reef_ecosystem_monitoring_reports.php#sp-12-01.
   Google Scholar
• Brockie, R. E., Loope, L. L., Usher, M. B., & Hamann, O. (1988). Biological invasions of island nature reserves. Biological Conservation, 44, 9–36. doi:10.1016/0006-3207(88)90003-1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brooks, R. (1990). Survey of the dog population of Zimbabwe and its level of rabies vaccination. The Veterinary Record, 127, 592–596. doi:10.18926/AMO/32829
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Buckland, S. T., Anderson, D. R., Burnham, K. P., & Laake, J. L. (1993). Distance sampling: Estimating abundance of biological populations. London, England: Chapman and Hall.
   Google Scholar
• Chapman, D. G. (1951). Some properties of the hypergeometric distribution with applications to zoological sample censuses. Berkeley: University of California Press.
   Google Scholar
• Courchamp, F., Chapuis, J. L., & Pascal, M. (2003). Mammal invaders on islands: Impact, control and control impact. Biological Review, 78, 347–383. doi:10.1017/S1464793102006061
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Daniels, T. J. (1983). The social organization of free-ranging urban dogs. I. Non-estrous social behavior. Applied Animal Ethology, 10, 341–363. doi:10.1016/0304-3762(83)90184-0
   Google Scholar
• Farnworth, M. J., Blaszak, K., Hiby, E. F., & Waran, N. K. (2012). Incidence of dog bites and public attitudes towards dog care and management in Samoa. Animal Welfare, 21, 477–486. doi:10.7120/09627286.21.4.477
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fielding, W. J., & Mather, J. (2000). Stray dogs in an island community: A case study from New Providence, the Bahamas. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 3, 305–319. doi:10.1207/S15327604JAWS0304_3
   Google Scholar
• Gibson, I., & Clifford, E. (2015, May 13). Humane dog population control program launched in Saipan. Retrieved from http://www.hsi.org/news/press_releases/2015/05/saipan-dog-sterilization-clinic-051315.html
   Google Scholar
• Google Maps. (2016, May 19). DigitalGlobe imagery: Saipan, CNMI. 15°10’ 51” N, 145° 45’21” E. Retrieved from https://www.google.com/maps/@15.1691309,145.7372602, 10947m/data=!3m1!1e3
   Google Scholar
• Hughes, J., & Macdonald, D. W. (2013). A review of the interactions between free-roaming domestic dogs and wildlife. Biological Conservation, 157, 341–351. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.07.005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jackman, J., & Rowan, A. (2007). Free-roaming dogs in developing countries: The benefits of capture, neuter, and return programs. In D. J. Salem & A. N. Rowan (Eds.), The state of the animals 2007 (pp. 55–78). Washington, DC: Humane Society Press.
   Google Scholar
• Kato, M., Yamamoto, H., Inukai, Y., & Kira, S. (2003). Survey of the stray dog population and the health education program on the prevention of dog bites and dog-acquired infections: A comparative study in Nepal and Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Acta Medica Okayama, 57, 261–266.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kelch, W. J. (1981). Military working dogs and canine ehrlichiosis (tropical canine pancytopenia) in the Vietnam War ( Master’s thesis). Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS. Retrieved from dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/b061165.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Kumarapeli, V., & Awerbuch-Friedlander, T. (2009). Human rabies focusing on dog ecology: A challenge to public health in Sri Lanka. Acta Tropica, 112, 33–37. doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.06.009
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lenth, B., Knight, R., & Brennan, M. E. (2008). The effects of dogs on wildlife communities. Natural Areas Journal, 28, 218–227. doi:10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[218:TEODOW]2.0.CO;2
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lockwood, R. (1995). The ethology and epidemiology of canine aggression. In J. Serpell (Ed.), The domestic dog: Its evolution, behavior, and interactions with people (pp. 131–138). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Macdonald, D. W., King, C. M., & Strachan, R. (2006). Introduced species and the line between biodiversity conservation and naturalistic eugenics. In D. W. Macdonald & K. Service (Eds.), Key topics in conservation biology (pp. 187–206). Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
   Google Scholar
• Maui, W., Sugiyama, S., & Lee, L. A. (2005). 2006 Saipan Atlas: The complete location resource. Retrieved from http://www.WorldCat.org/title/2006-saipan-atlas-the-complete-location-resource/oclc/176637043&referer=brief_results
   Google Scholar
• Nimer, A., Watson, Z. W., & Meneses, N. (2013, April). The demographics, distribution, and public perception of free-roaming dogs on Saipan. Paper presented at the Northern Arizona University 7th Annual Undergraduate Symposium, Flagstaff, AZ.
   Google Scholar
• Oboegbulem, S. I., & Nwakonobi, I. E. (1989). Population density and ecology of dogs in Nigeria: A pilot study. Revue Scientifique Et Technique De l’OIE, 8, 733–745. doi:10.20506/rst.issue.8.3.2465
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Ortega-Pacheco, A., Rodriguez-Buenfil, J. C., Bolio-Gonzalez, M. E., Sauri-Arceo, C. H., Jiménez-Coello, M., & Forsberg, C. L. (2007). A survey of dog populations in urban and rural areas of Yucatan, Mexico. Anthrozoös, 20, 261–274. doi:10.2752/089279307X224809
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pal, S. K. (2001). Population ecology of free-ranging urban dogs in West Bengal, India. Acta Theriologica, 46, 69–78. doi:10.4098/0001-7051
   Google Scholar
• Punjabi, G. A., Athreya, V., & Linnell, J. D. C. (2012). Using natural marks to estimate free-ranging dog (Canis familiaris) abundance in a mark-resight framework in suburban Mumbai, India. Tropical Conservation Science, 5, 510–520. doi:10.1177/194008291200500408
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rick, T. C., Walker, P. L., Willis, L. M., Noah, A. C., Erlandson, J. M., Vellanoweth, R. L., … Kennett, D. J. (2008). Dogs, humans and island ecosystems: The distribution, antiquity and ecology of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) on California’s Channel Islands, USA. Holocene, 18, 1077–1087. doi:10.1177/0959683608095579
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rinzin, K., Tenzin, T., & Robertson, I. (2016). Size and demography pattern of the domestic dog population in Bhutan: Implications for dog population management and disease control. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 126, 39–47. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.01.030
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rollin, B. E. (1991). Social ethics, veterinary medicine, and the pet overpopulation problem. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 198, 1153–1156.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rubin, H. D., & Beck, A. M. (1982). Ecological behavior of free-ranging urban pet dogs. Applied Animal Ethology, 8, 161–168. doi:10.1016/0304-3762(82)90141-9
   Google Scholar
• Russell, S. (1998). Gani revisited: A historical overview of the Mariana archipelago’s Northern islands. Pacific Studies, 21, 83–105.
   Google Scholar
• SAS Institute. (2013). JMP Pro (Version 11.2.0) [Computer software]. Cary, NC, 1989-2007. Retrieved from http://www.jmp.com
   Google Scholar
• Seber, G. A. F. (1970). The effects of trap response on tag recapture rate estimates. Biometrics, 26, 13–22. doi:10.2307/2529040
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shuster, S. M., & Wade, M. J. (2003). Mating systems and strategies. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Silva-Rodríguez, E. A., & Sieving, K. E. (2012). Domestic dogs shape the landscape-scale distribution of a threatened forest ungulate. Biological Conservation, 150, 103–110. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.008
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sokal, R. R., & Rohlf, F. J. (1995). Biometry: The principles and practice of biological research (3rd ed.). New York, NY: W. H. Freeman.
   Google Scholar
• Sparkes, J., Körtner, G., Ballard, G., Fleming, P. J., & Brown, W. Y. (2014). Effects of sex and reproductive state on interactions between free-roaming domestic dogs. PLoS One, 9, e116053. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116053
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tenzin, T., Ahmed, R., Debnath, N. C., Ahmed, G., & Yamage, M. (2015). Free-roaming dog population estimation and status of the dog population management and rabies control program in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9, e0003784. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003784
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tenzin, T., McKenzie, J. S., Vanderstichel, R., Rai, B. D., Rinzin, K., Tshering, Y., … Ward, M. P. (2015). Comparison of mark-resight methods to estimate abundance and rabies vaccination coverage of free-roaming dogs in two urban areas of South Bhutan. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 118, 436–448. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.01.008
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thrusfield, M. (2007). Describing disease occurrence. In Veterinary epidemiology (pp. 46–74). Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
   Google Scholar
• Totton, S. C., Wandeler, A. I., Zinsstag, J., Ribble, C. S., Rosatte, R. C., & McEwen, S. A. (2010). Stray dog population demographics in Jodhpur, India following a population control/rabies vaccination program. Theriogenology, 97, 51–57.
   Google Scholar
• Wandeler, A. I., Matter, H. C., Kappeler, A., & Budde, A. (1993). The ecology of dogs and canine rabies: A selective review. Scientific and Technical Review of the Office International Des Epizooties, 12, 51–71. doi:10.20506/rst.12.1.663
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• World Society for the Protection of Animals Companion & Working Animals Unit. (2009). Surveying roaming dog populations: Guidelines on methodology. Retrieved from http://www.icam-coalition.org/downloads/Humane_Dog_Population_Management_Guidance_English.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Young, J. K., Olson, K. A., Reading, R. P., Amgalanbaatar, S., & Berger, J. (2011). Is wildlife going to the dogs? Impacts of feral and free-roaming dogs on wildlife populations. Bioscience, 61, 125–132. doi:10.1525/bio.2011.61.2.7
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar