Table 4 Details of activity and sightings within 20 m of a garbage point for free roaming dogs sighted across 14 sectors of the urban location (Panchkula Municipal Corporation administrated area).

From: Demographic characteristics of free-roaming dogs (FRD) in rural and urban India following a photographic sight-resight survey

Sector

Sightings (n)

Activity

Proximity to garbage points

Active (%)

Not-active (%)

≤20 m (%)

>20 m (%)

1&5

308

181 (59)

127 (41)

175 (57)

133 (43)

2

313

163 (52)

150 (48)

105 (34)

208 (66)

6

164

93 (57)

71 (43)

73 (45)

91 (55)

7

192

107 (56)

85 (44)

29 (15)

163 (85)

8

250

109 (44)

141 (56)

61 (24)

189 (76)

9

280

119 (43)

161 (58)

94 (34)

186 (66)

12

199

111 (56)

88 (44)

70 (35)

129 (65)

16

277

128 (46)

149 (54)

135 (49)

142 (51)

17

136

85 (63)

51 (38)

12 (9)

124 (91)

18

183

121 (66)

62 (34)

36 (20)

147 (80)

8(P)^

120

59 (49)

61 (51)

70 (58)

50 (42)

IAP* 1

452

223 (49)

229 (51)

433 (96)

19 (4)

IAP* 2

451

278 (62)

173 (38)

285 (63)

166 (37)

BP,IC,RC#

140

107 (76)

33 (24)

100 (71)

40 (29)

Total

3465

1884 (54)

1581 (46)

1678 (48)

1787 (52)

Test for independence over fourteen survey tracks

χ2 = 27.6, p = 0.01

χ2 = 287.5, p < 0.001

  1. ^Sector 8 perimeter, *IAP = Industrial Area Part, #Budhanpur, Indira Colony, Rajeev Colony.