Table 3. Demographic dog and cat data, and husbandry results from southern Chile.
We obtained data on owned dog and cat populations via questionnaires from households in Puerto Williams (n = 215), accessible farm households on Navarino Island (n = 7), and Navy families (n = 22, data from two years) living in the 11 Navy posts on different islands within the CHBR.
| Town households (n = 215) | Farm households (n = 7) | Navy posts (n = 22) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dogs | Cats | Dogs | Cats | Dogs | Cats | |
| Demographic data | ||||||
| Households with pet ownership (%) | 85 (39.5) | 30 (14.0) | 6 (85.7) | 6 (85.7) | 19 (86.4) | 4 (18.2) |
| Mean pet number per household (SD) | 1.4 (0.9) | 1.2 (0.6) | 5 (3.3) | 2.5 (2.5) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1.0 (0.0) |
| Total pet number | 121 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 17 | 2 |
| Male:female ratio | 1.3:1 | 0.7:1 | 2:1 | 0.3:1 | 0.7:1 | 0:1 |
| Mean pet age (SD) | 3.7 (3.8) | 4.8 (4.1) | 3.8 (4.6) | 3.0 (3.0) | 3.0 (3.7) | 3.3 (1.1) |
| Number of offspring in previous year | 16 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Local origin (CHBR, %) | 66.1 | 66.7 | 100 | 100 | 29.4 | 100 |
| Reproductive control | ||||||
| Females spayed; males neutered (%) | 66.7; 52.2 | 71.4; 93.3 | 10.0; 20.0 | 8.3; 0.0 | 11.1; 16.7 | 0.0; 0.0 |
| Health | ||||||
| Vaccinated against rabies (%) | 55.4 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 64.7 | 0.0 |
| Treated for parasites (%) | 60.3 | 36.1 | 100.0 | 40.0 | 64.7 | 50.0 |
| Food provisioning | ||||||
| Commercial food and/or meat (%) | 77.7 | 94.4 | 86.7 | 20.0 | 82.3 | 50.0 |
| Leftovers (%) | 12.4 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 33.3 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| Mix of above (%) | 9.9 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 46.7 | 11.8 | 50.0 |
| Dog confinement | ||||||
| Free-roaming during day or night (%) | 30.6 | – | 46.7 | – | 82.4 | – |
| 24-h free-roaming (%) | 19.0 | – | 30.0 | – | 41.2 | – |