Multiple attacks were made by wolves on livestock herds to divert the attention of guard dogs. Sixty-three percent of the kills were 1-4 m. from a bush or some other vegetative cover. The maximum number of kills (52 per cent) made during daytime was found up to 0.2 km. from the sanctuary plots. The owners retrieved 16 per cent of the total livestock kills, by chasing the wolves or with the help of guard dogs. Mauled animals rarely survived. All the kills occurred in the grazing lands outside the sanctuary, but kills were carried into the core areas of the sanctuary. There was a monthly variation in the abundance of goats and sheep in the study area.
Contact: Satish Kumar, Department of Wildlife Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202 002, Uttar Pradesh.
Asad R. Rahmani, Bombay Natural History Society, Hornbill House, S.B. Singh Road, Mumbai - 400 023, Maharashtra.
