A Short Communication Report on Kundudo Feral Horse: Trends, Status, and Threats and Implication for Conservation
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2022
Pages:
49-53
Received:
6 April 2022
Accepted:
8 June 2022
Published:
16 June 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.reports.20220202.12
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Abstract: Kundudoo feral horses are the only feral horse in Ethiopia and are located Kundudo Mountain in the eastern part of Ethiopia. The purpose of this short communication report was to compile data from different sources including secondary data, reports from woreda focal office, interview with woreda experts and guards directly working on Kundudo feral Horses. Data such as trends, status and threats to Kundudo feral Horses were compiled from mentioned sources. Currently, the Kundudo feral horses were conserved in-situ at the top of Kundudo Mountain. Currently, in 2021 and 2022 there are a total of 30 feral horses on the top of the mountain protected by guards and the number of this horse breed will be expected to rise if protected well. The main threat Kundudoo feral horses facing are logistic problem, inbreeding, low conservation activities, and animal encroachment for feeding. The major activities performed for better conservation of Kundudo feral horses are awareness raising campaigns, Kundudo Mountain was recognized as an in-situ site by the community, the horses moved to their original place on the mountain, personnel were hired and manavement plan was developed for stalkholders. Furthermore, Having many negotiations among stakeholders, prominent stakeholders have reached a consensus and signed MoU on further engagement and tried to develop a new way of communication and management arrangement. Generally, the conservation of biological diversity is important particularly conservation of threatened animal genetic resources like the unique horse species of Kundudoo Mountain because there is no duplicate copy of species has been conserved.
Abstract: Kundudoo feral horses are the only feral horse in Ethiopia and are located Kundudo Mountain in the eastern part of Ethiopia. The purpose of this short communication report was to compile data from different sources including secondary data, reports from woreda focal office, interview with woreda experts and guards directly working on Kundudo feral ...
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Evidences of the Presence of Hunters and Gatherers in the Middle Paleolithic Period in the Dalpari Highlands of Deh Luran Cunty, Ilam
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2022
Pages:
54-61
Received:
30 April 2022
Accepted:
6 July 2022
Published:
13 July 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.reports.20220202.13
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Abstract: Due to its special geographical location, Deh Luran Plain is always considered one of the populations centers in the southwest of Iran. This plain, as a part of the great plain of Deh Luran, due to having permanent and seasonal rivers, fertile lands, and the Bakhtiari formation, has long been a suitable area for providing basic human needs for hunting wild animals, gathering plants, and making stone tools, as in The investigation of this area in 2014, the distribution of countless stone tools belonging to the Paleolithic period, especially the Middle Paleolithic era, confirms this issue. In this survey, all the highlands and western slopes of Dalperi were intensively surveyed and samples were taken from 129 points, and at the same time the samples were coded and recorded by GPS device. Also, stone shelters were identified on the slopes of Dalpari heights, all of which have been documented. In this way, due to the potential power of the natural environment and also the existence of the Bakhtiari formation in the Dalpari highlands, the access of hunter-gatherers to vital resources (water and food) and rich resources of raw stone for making stone tools has been easily provided. This area, with an area of more than 30 kilometers, includes the range of the Dalpari Zagros highlands overlooking the Deh Luran plain to the Abbas plain, which is completely covered with stone tools, including examples of Mousterian points, blades, radial mother stones, and Levallois flakes. These samples can date the human presence in this region at least to the Middle Paleolithic period. This is important considering the presence of Neolithic settlements until the end of the Islamic era, which is a sign of a long process of human presence in this region.
Abstract: Due to its special geographical location, Deh Luran Plain is always considered one of the populations centers in the southwest of Iran. This plain, as a part of the great plain of Deh Luran, due to having permanent and seasonal rivers, fertile lands, and the Bakhtiari formation, has long been a suitable area for providing basic human needs for hunt...
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