Table 1 Demographic details (gender, age distribution and body condition) of the free roaming dogs sighted on each survey occasion during the enumeration survey (7 occasions) in the rural survey (Shirsuphal village, Baramati, Pune).
Survey occasion | Number of dogs sighted | Gender* | Age@ | Body condition@ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male (%) | Female (%) | Pup (%) | Young (%) | Adult (%) | Old (%) | Good (%) | Fair (%) | Poor (%) | ||
1 | 93 | 56 (62) | 34 (38) | 8 (9) | 17 (18) | 63 (68) | 5 (5) | 57 (61) | 22 (24) | 14 (15) |
2 | 106 | 70 (75) | 23 (25) | 11 (10) | 11 (10) | 74 (70) | 10 (9) | 54 (51) | 41 (39) | 10 (10) |
3 | 103 | 67 (68) | 31 (32) | 8 (8) | 21 (20) | 63 (61) | 11 (11) | 56 (54) | 35 (34) | 13 (13) |
4 | 91 | 66 (78) | 19 (22) | 2 (2) | 18 (20) | 64 (70) | 7 (8) | 53 (58) | 31 (34) | 7 (8) |
5 | 90 | 58 (68) | 27 (32) | 9 (10) | 17 (19) | 54 (60) | 10 (11) | 39 (43) | 37 (41) | 15 (16) |
6 | 82 | 45 (60) | 30 (40) | 4 (5) | 11 (13) | 59 (72) | 8 (10) | 53 (62) | 27 (32) | 5 (6) |
7 | 52 | 33 (65) | 18 (35) | 2 (4) | 10 (19) | 35 (67) | 5 (10) | 43 (83) | 8 (15) | 1 (2) |
170# (71) | 70 (29) | 17 (6) | 34 (13) | 197 (75) | 15 (6) | 143 (54) | 89 (34) | 31 (12) | ||
Test for independence over the seven surveys | χ² = 10.33, p = 0.17 | χ² = 23.7, p = 0.31 | χ² = 32.8, p = 0.003 | |||||||
