IUCN COMMISSION GROUP

IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group

Overview and description

Description:: Five of the 35 canid taxa are threatened: Darwin's fox and red wolf are listed as Critically Endangered, while Ethiopian wolf, African wild dog and dhole are Endangered. The IUCN SSC Canid Specialist ...
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Five of the 35 canid taxa are threatened: Darwin's fox and red wolf are listed as Critically Endangered, while Ethiopian wolf, African wild dog and dhole are Endangered. The IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group (CSG) is the world's chief body of scientific and practical expertise on the status and conservation of all canid species.

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Group leadership

Prof Claudio SILLERO-ZUBIRI

Chair

A conservation biologist, Claudio is a Professor of Conservation Biology at the Department of Biology, University of Oxford. Claudio is Deputy Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit …

More about the Specialist Group

To provide and improve technical information and advice on all matters concerning wild canids, including their status in the wild; the threats they face and their conservation requirements; biology and natural history to the following:

range state government agencies;
non-governmental organizations, including national and international organizations and potential funding bodies;
inter-governmental organizations (e.g. IUCN, CITES);
field projects concerned ...

Mission

To compile, synthesize and disseminate information on the conservation and status of all canid species across their range, with particular emphasis on species which are threatened or rare.

Specialist Group work

The CSG focuses to promote the long-term conservation of all wild Canidae species throughout their ranges.

Understanding the threat to Canid species

To help raise funding for canid research and conservation and undertake research and to improve management of the common and sometimes troublesome species.