INTRODUCTION
Mongoose, Herpestes spp. are terrestrial, diurnal solitary hunters that search during the day but mostly active in the early morning and early evening for hunting for food. They may live in burrows or hollow trees to escape the mid-day sun. They often feed on mice, rats and beetles. Red jungle fowl, peafowl, partridges and their eggs are also part of their diet.
The Indian grey mongoose (Herpestes edwardsii) has conflicts with humans as they attack and kill domestic poultry (Fedriani et al., 2001). Domestic animals killed by mongoose vary according to species, time of the year, and availability of natural prey. Many human-wildlife conflicts occur even though mongoose actively attempt to avoid people either spatially or temporally. In natural areas recreational development provides significant supplemental food sources to scavenging animals including waste bins and picnic areas. Species using human recreational areas as a resource can respond to humans directly in several ways. They come for food mostly in the absence of humans .
Mongoose face threats including trade (captured and sold as a pet), their hairs are used for making shaving brushes, paint brushes, and good luck charms (Hanfee and Ahmed, 2000; Shekhar, 2003). Mongoose become worst pest species as they prey on other domestic animals, poultry and damage a variety of crops and hence receive retaliatory killing. Due to its extensive population and occurrence especially in human-dominated landscapes there is no risk of extinction but only subjective threats where they provide loss to human population.
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