The maned wolf is South America's largest canid, facing serious welfare threats from Cerrado deforestation, road collisions, and disease from domestic dogs.
Maned wolves in fragmented Cerrado habitat face chronic food insecurity as their large home range requirements cannot be met in isolated habitat patches. Road collisions cause traumatic death and injury across fragmented landscapes. Disease transmission from domestic dogs causes welfare impacts through illness and death. The solitary, wide-ranging nature of maned wolves means habitat fragmentation imposes welfare costs through disrupted ranging behaviour and reduced access to food and mates.