RT Journal T1 EVALUATION OF SOCIAL AND BREEDING BEHAVIOUR OF CHINKARA (GAZELLA BENNETTII) IN WILD AND CAPTIVITY A1 M. H. Aziz A1 K. M. Anjum A1 K. Javed A1 K. Samiullah A1 Z. Ali A1 S. A. Khan A1 S. Suleman JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences JO JAPS SN 1018-7081 VO 28 IS 2 SP 616 OP 622 YR 2018 FD 2018/04/01 DO DOI NA AB

Breeding behaviour of Chinkara (Gazella bennettii) is more conspicuous in the wild than captivity where individuals do not achieve enough chance to show normal behaviour. These behavioural changes were observed in wild and captive sites of Punjab province of Pakistan from April 2013 to December 2013. Animals were observed randomly using scan sampling technique. The parameters under study were Vigilance, Resting, Grooming, Defecation/Urination frequency, time spent together Male-Female, Grouping, Alone, Affinitive interaction, Agonistic activity, Mounting frequency and Mounting Number etc. Vigilance was significantly less in the captive population than wild population. Resting was noticed more in the captive population than wild population. Frequency of Mounting occurred more in the wild than in the captivity significantly. Grooming behaviour was non-significantly different between wild and captive population. Results of this study indicate that if captive population is kept with appropriate gender relation in an enclosure and environmental disturbance is minimum the captive Chinkara population can be as productive as the wild population.

K1 Chinkara, Breeding and social behaviour, Ethology, Wild and captivity PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2018-JAPS-234