Is Wildlife Going to the Dogs? Impacts of Feral and Free-Roaming Dogs on Wildlife Populations

By J. Young, K. Olson, R. Reading, S. Amgalanbaatar, J. Berger. 2011

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Domestic dogs shape the landscape-scale distribution of a threatened forest ungulate (2012, background): “Despite the paucity of directed studies on this issue (Young et al., 2011), dogs are mentioned as a threat for a large number of species in the IUCN Red List (IUCN, 2011).”
Altered activity patterns and reduced abundance of native mammals in sites with feral dogs in the high Andes (2016, background): “Most information about impacts of dogs comes from populations of free-ranging, owned dogs restricted to urban and periurban areas (e.g., Macdonald and Thom, 2001; Silva-Rodríguez et al., 2009; Young et al., 2011).”
Predation of wildlife by free-ranging domestic dogs in Polish hunting grounds and potential competition with the grey wolf (2016, background): “For example, dogs act as predators of a variety of native fauna, primarily mammals but also birds, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates, and also prey on domestic livestock (Hughes and Macdonald, 2013; Ritchie et al., 2014; Vanak and Gompper, 2009; Young et al., 2011).”
Warring brothers: The complex interactions between wolves (Canis lupus) and dogs (Canis familiaris) in a conservation context (2014, positive): “Being in fact the most abundant carni-vore in the world, feral and free-ranging dogs have the greatest potential to compete with wolves for wildlife (Young et al., 2011).”