Sampling strategies included formal representative sampling for fixed populations and adaptive sampling for roaming populations was developed.
As a result, the estimate of roaming dog population size may be biased, however, unless the dog collection and survey methods are changed, any bias is likely to remain consistent and is therefore unlikely to preclude reliable monitoring.
The roaming dog populations in all three cities were either currently subject to an ABC programme or had been very recently subject to such an intervention.
Furthermore, as compared to the other methods of estimating roaming dog populations (questionnaires, paint marking, distance methods and exhaustive counts) the use of the sample of dogs marked as part of the intervention is resource efficient.
As the feline population roaming their property rose well above 60, the couple said, they realized space prevented the operation from growing much more.
The future firebrand grew up here in middle-class comfort, attending public schools that drew from Venlo's mostly white, Catholic population; roaming the compact, manicured streets; and pursuing minor rebellions, such as wearing a leather jacket in class.
To that end, we used long-term data from a free-roaming population of wild house mice Mus musculus domesticus.
In Ireland, most cats are adopted directly from the free-roaming population [ 21], which is likely to affect the spatial distribution of owned pet cats.
The free-roaming population may be larger in suburban districts, given larger open spaces for cat colonies to form and greater access of free-roaming cats to houses through gardens.
