Kauaʻi record · KCA-INT-0010
Dog access & responsible-ownership management
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About Dog access & responsible-ownership management
Reduce predation and disturbance by free-ranging dogs at sensitive sites
Names and classification
- Record type
- intervention
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Recorded state
- Available, active, proposed or context-dependent
Conservation interventions
- Action definition
- Reduce predation and disturbance by free-ranging dogs at sensitive sites
- Mechanism of action
- Leash/enforcement, exclusion, owner education and response to loose/feral dogs
- Prerequisites
- Clear rules; signage/enforcement; community participation
- Implementation context
- Nesting beaches, wetlands, refuges and other sensitive public-access areas
- Expected outcomes
- Reduced wildlife disturbance and direct dog-caused mortality
- Monitoring design
- Dog sightings; leash compliance; wildlife disturbance incidents; predation events
- Unintended consequences
- Access restrictions can cause community conflict without good design
- Implementation limits
- Implementation status, cost and efficacy must be tied to a dated place/program record.
Sources and further reading
Connected Atlas records
- Free-ranging dog predation & disturbance · Threats & Conservation