Monitoring of a Canis aureus population living in the airport area of Samos Island, Greece

Title:
Monitoring of a Canis aureus population living in the airport area of Samos Island, Greece

Authors:
Pietroluongo G., Leggett J., Falquina Fernández F. J., Linardaki I., Steer M., Parker W., Miliou A., Tsimpidis T., Ntampakis D

Introduction:
The Golden Jackal (Canis aureus, Fig. 1) population inhabiting the area of Samos International Airport “Aristarchos of Samos”, Greece, and the surrounding area has been confirmed as a potential risk for flight safety during the past years1, 2. An exclusion process from the airport installations and runways was initiated as a priority measure taking into account the welfare and conservation of this population.