Free Rangi
ng Dogs in India
Domestic dogs have evolved from wolf-like ancestors through domestication to become man’s best friend. They have adapted to living solitarily among humans as pets, and form social bonds with humans. But they also live as free-ranging populations in various human habitats, typically as scavengers depending on humans for resources, and are well adapted to living in human proximity. In this talk Dr. Anindita Bhadra will share insights from a five year-long study on free-ranging dogs in India, including how these dogs interact, how they care for their pups and the pups of relatives, and how underlying cooperation-conflict dynamics within the social groups of free-ranging dogs are quite reminiscent of the joint family system in human societies. How the overall trend of cooperation at various levels can be adaptive for survival in a stochastic environment will also be discussed. A question and answer session followed moderated by Dr. Monique Udell.
Speaker: Anindita Bhadra, PhD
Behaviour and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India
Cost: $25.00
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