Dholes, those ‘hypercarnivore’ (over 70% of their diet consists of meat) canids of Asia, mostly eat sambar and chital and very little livestock at least in Central India. According to a recent study by Abhinav Tyagi, Alex M., Prajakta Hushangabadkar, Nandkishor Kale, Jitendra Ramgaokar and Uma Ramakrishnan, Dholes (Cuon alpinus) or Asiatic wild dogs, are.
