Editing Dhole (section)

==Threats==
[[Habitat loss]] is thought to amount to 60% of the dhole's historical range in India. The fragmentation and isolation of dhole populations has resulted in inbreeding and the [[Allee effect]], which threaten its long-term viability.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Modi |first1=S. |last2=Mondol |first2=S. |last3=Nigam |first3=P. |last4=Habib |first4=B. |date=2021 |title=Genetic analyses reveal demographic decline and population differentiation in an endangered social carnivore, Asiatic wild dog |journal=Nature |volume=11 |issue=1 |page=16371 |doi=10.1038/s41598-021-95918-3 |doi-access=free|pmid=34385570 |pmc=8361113 |bibcode=2021NatSR..1116371M }}</ref>

Some ethnic groups like the [[Kuruba]] and [[Mon Khmer]]-speaking tribes will appropriate dhole kills; some Indian villagers welcome the dhole because of this appropriation of dhole kills.<ref name=nowak1983/> Dholes were persecuted throughout India for bounties until they were given protection by the [[Wildlife Protection Act of 1972]]. Methods used for dhole hunting included poisoning, snaring, shooting and clubbing at den sites. Native Indian people killed dholes primarily to protect livestock, while British sporthunters during the [[British Raj]] did so under the conviction that dholes were responsible for drops in [[Game (hunting)|game]] populations. Persecution of dholes still occurs with varying degrees of intensity according to the region.<ref name=Durbin2004/> Bounties paid for dholes used to be 25 [[rupee]]s, though this was reduced to 20 in 1926 after the number of presented dhole carcasses became too numerous to maintain the established reward.<ref name=f109>{{Harvnb|Fox|1984|p=109}}</ref> The Indochinese dhole population suffers heavily from nonselective hunting techniques such as [[snaring]].<ref name=Durbin2004/>
The [[fur trade]] does not pose a significant threat to the dhole.<ref name=Durbin2004/> The people of India do not eat dhole flesh and their fur is not considered overly valuable.<ref name=mivart1890/> Due to their rarity, dholes were never harvested for their skins in large numbers in the [[Soviet Union]] and were sometimes accepted as dog or wolf pelts (being labeled as "half wolf" for the latter). The winter fur was prized by the Chinese, who bought dhole pelts in [[Ussuriysk]] during the late 1860s for a few silver [[ruble]]s. In the early 20th century, dhole pelts reached eight rubles in [[Manchuria]]. In [[Jetisu|Semirechye]], [[fur coat]]s made from dhole skin were considered the warmest, but were very costly.<ref name=heptner1998/>