… of adult deaths coming from collisions with automobiles and poison baits (Pal 1999a), I
suggest that human-related factors have a major impact on adult dog mortality in a busy town. …

… On the other hand, the population of the BS-group consisted of seven ‘residential’ dogs (…
dogs (6 males and 6 females) for the period 1998–1999 and 1999–2000; and on 16 adult dogs (…

… of 12 free-ranging dogs from two neighbouring groups were … agonistic encounters of individual
dog was greatest in winter (… agonistic encounters of individual dog was greatest in winter (…

… the female dogs to use … dogs and was scattered throughout the study area. However, the
restaurants and butcheries near the bus stand were chief food resources for the studied dogs. …

… that the free-ranging dogs of West Bengal breed once a year (Pal et al. 1998, Pal 1999,
2001). This is an agreement with the previous studies of stray dogs from the town of Burdwan in …

The dispersal of free-ranging dogs, Canis familiaris, from the … dogs was 4.8 (±1.7) ha and for
the dispersing dogs was 8.4 (±… non-dispersing and dispersing dogs. Juvenile males were …

… ' dog was defined as any individual that was present in the study area for more than one
season. A 'transient' dog … The behaviour of both residential and transient dogs associated with …

… female dogs to use their cowsheds or unused poultry farms for pup rearing. Garbage was the
main food resource for the dogs … to the bus stand were food resources for the studied dogs. …

… Role of male dogs during pup rearing was previously observed in Katwa town (Pal, 2005),
and so, the role of male dogs was not recorded in this study. Litter sizes were based on the …

… I think the nature and purpose of different types of play may vary with the dog breeds and
also with the status of the dogs (captive dogs and free-ranging dogs). So, I cannot generalize …