Table 3.
Estimates of the free-roaming dog population size by Maximum Likelihood (5–6 surveys) and Application SuperDuplicates shinyapp (first 2 surveys) using sight-resight techniques in different sectors of Panchkula following enumeration surveys carried out during September-October 2016.
| Survey tracks | Huggin's Mh (JK) (5–6 surveys) | Huggin's Mth (Chao) (5–6 surveys) | AS shiny app tool (2 surveys) | Total number of unique dogs observed (2 surveys) | Number of singletons observed (2 surveys) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (estimate ± SE)† | 95% CI | (estimate ± SE)† | 95% CI | (estimate ± SE)†† | 95% CI | |||
| SURVEY TRACKS WHERE NEW FRD WERE SIGHTED DURING THE LAST SURVEY (RECOMMENDED MODEL + ESTIMATOR IS MH-JK) | ||||||||
| 1, 5 | 212 ± 16 | 188–253 | 198 ± 15 | 176–235 | 221 ± 36 | 166–313 | 89 | 66 |
| 2 | 152 ± 7 | 142–170 | 146 ± 8 | 137–168 | 186 ± 22 | 152–240 | 97 | 61 |
| 6 | 142 ± 16 | 119–182 | 140 ± 19 | 114–193 | 184 ± 51 | 99–279 | 56 | 46 |
| 8 | 146 ± 11 | 131–174 | 141 ± 11 | 127–170 | 190 ± 32 | 121–199 | 77 | 57 |
| 8 (P)* | 44 ± 4 | 40–59 | 44 ± 4 | 40–58 | 49 ± 11 | 36–81 | 28 | 16 |
| IAP@ 2 | 172 ± 9 | 160–196 | 164 ± 7 | 154–183 | 208 ± 24 | 170–267 | 108 | 68 |
| BP, RC, IC# | 131 ± 15 | 108–168 | 122 ± 19 | 96–173 | 125 ± 70 | 79–233 | 45 | 35 |
| SURVEY TRACKS WHERE NO NEW FRD WERE SIGHTED DURING THE LAST SURVEY (RECOMMENDED MODEL + ESTIMATOR IS MTH-CHAO) | ||||||||
| 7 | 100 ± 12 | 84–134 | 89 ± 8 | 79–113 | 85 ± 21 | 64–114 | 39 | 27 |
| 9 | 117 ± 8 | 107–141 | 114 ± 7 | 105–133 | 130 ± 12 | 111–161 | 82 | 41 |
| 12 | 106 ± 6 | 97–122 | 100 ± 7 | 92–122 | 145 ± 23 | 107–172 | 67 | 46 |
| 16 | 154 ± 13 | 136–188 | 142 ± 10 | 129–169 | 342 ± 97 | 149–868 | 82 | 71 |
| 17 | 78 ± 7 | 69–96 | 78 ± 9 | 68–104 | 185 ± 130 | 73–697 | 41 | 36 |
| 18 | 140 ± 14 | 120–176 | 135 ± 15 | 114–176 | 162 ± 29 | 118–238 | 62 | 47 |
| IAP@ 1 | 201 ± 8 | 188–221 | 190 ± 8 | 180–211 | 193 ± 23 | 158–249 | 99 | 63 |
Sector 8 perimeter; @IAP, Industrial Area Part; #Budhanpur, Indira Colony, Rajeev Colony;
Estimates after 5–6 surveys;
Estimate after two surveys.