CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Listed under the Endangered category of the IUCN Red List, the dhole is a wild canid found in the forests of central, south, and southeast Asia.

Detailed explanation-2: -In India, dholes, or Asiatic wild dogs, are mostly found in the Western Ghats, Central India and Northeast India. There are smaller populations in the Eastern Ghats and the Western Himalayas of Uttarakhand.

Detailed explanation-3: -Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh rank high in the conservation of the endangered dhole in India. Dhole is an apex social carnivore in the tropical forests of South and South East Asia.

Detailed explanation-4: -The IUCN Red List assessment (2015) categorizes the dhole as an Endangered species.