The territorial behavior of the golden jackal has been demonstrated in Germany by genetic studies
Letter from Felix Böcker, M.Sc.
FVA Wildlife Institute, Freiburg
GOJAGE representative in Germany
"We got pictures from a photographer ... I checked the area to confirm the origin... I took my dog with me and she found 4 scats. I installed some camera traps as well. The cameras confirmed the cub. The genetic analysis of all scats resulted in jackal as well. In two of the four scats, the genotyping was successful as well and we identified two animals. A few days later we took genetic samples from a dead sheep (still dead for several days, thus proof for the use of the body but not for being killed) which showed another specimen. Last week my dog found another scat over there which resulted in the fourth specimen. We now have at least 4 jackals and three of them seem to be the pubs of the fourth animal, which is the father (genetically)."
This is a brief resume of what occurred from the 1st of October until the 26th of November 2021.
As presented in a note by the Ministry of Environment (here).
No comments:
Post a Comment