The Golden Jackal (Canis aureus) 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 years. 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.

Authors:

Guido Pietroluongo ¹, Joe Leggett ², Javier Falquina Fernández ¹, Irilena Linardaki ¹, Mark Steer ², William Parker ¹, Anastasia Miliou ¹, Thodoris Tsimpidis ¹, Dionysios Ntampakis ³

¹ Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, Research Base, Samos, Greece, ² University of the West of England, South Gloucestershire, England, ³ Fraport Greece, Athens, Greece

Citation:

Pietroluongo, G., Leggett, J., Falquina Fernández, J., Linardaki, I., Steer, M., Parker, W., Miliou, A. and Tsimpidis, T., (2018), Monitoring of a Canis aureus population living in the airport area of Samos Island, Greece,