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Iran
is a
land of rich
nature having
different kinds
of animal
species, including more than 160 mammal species .
The Diversity of species belonging to canid family is
very great.
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Researching
about this canids is an important and intact subject
that unfortunately has allocated less amount of interest
and attention.
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In general, we
could divide these animals into two main groups.
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1-
Domestic canid
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2-
Wild canid
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DOMESTIC
CANID
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Investigation
regarding the first group could be very
vast and extensive.
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In most areas
of Iran we could find some of these dogs which are very
exclusive and special.
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During the
centuries, depending on their value,
they have been breed purely by owners. But today
they live in poor life conditions due to the immigration
of farmers, cattle herders and local hunters to the
towns and industrial centers and this has damaged their
population so that their race is likely
to become extinct,
such as Salukuis
(tazis) which are going to become extinct in the
near future.
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It is useful to
mention that the first activity about domestic canid in
IRAN has been done by a German fellow named Heinrich
Beerlage in 1956 with the cooperation of
Mr. Akbar Saremeddowleh.
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He established
the TAZI CLUB
IRAN and began breeding all races of hunting and racing
dogs especially Persian salukis and conducted valuable
research in this field. During that time many salukis
were exported to abroad by this club to take part in dog
racing competition and some of these dogs were winners
of those races.
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Since then,
there has not been any more investigation in Iran
regarding these domestic canids.
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For this reason
our committee has decided to undertake a thorough
investigation about these beautiful creatures.
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WILD
CANID
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Some of the
activities of Iranian Canid Committee include research
and investigation about wild canids.
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Among these
canidae family in Iran we could refer to the following
species:
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1_
IRANIAN
WOLF
(Canis Lupus Pallipes)
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2_ GOLDEN
JACKEL
(Canis aures)
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3_COMMON
FOX
( Vulpes vulpes)
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4_ SAND FOX
( Vulpes rueppellii)
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5_CORSAC
FOX
( Vulpes corsac)
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6_BLANFORD’S
FOX
(Vulpes cana)
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In spite of
that, wild canid family in Iran consist of 6
species and they are observed in various
parts of this country, however, their population
is not so much that we could consider it plentiful.
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For example,
most of the maps show IRANIAN WOLF distribution in many
different areas but their race is highly in danger of
extinction.
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Uncontrolled
hunting, poisonous bait, hunting by motorcycle and
trapping are some of the means help to the extinct this
beautiful animal for getting its hide.
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Unfortunately
due to lack of awareness and misunderstanding of people
regarding these animals added reasons to help to the
worsen current.
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For more
Information contact : irgwf@hotmail.com
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