Effectiveness of groundnut-maize bait as carrier of coumatetralyl against Indian crested porcupine,Hystrix indica Kerr

Groundnut-maize grain bait was tested for its effectiveness in delivering the lethal quantities of coumatetralyl for controlling indian crested porcupine. field trials,conducted in abbottabad - balakot tract,revealed that the average consumption of groundnut - maize (1:1) impregnated with 0.0375% coumatetralyl and supplemented with 5% saccharin increased up to 6 th night,then steadily decreased until a negligible amount of bait was consumed on the 12 th night. consumption of similar bait formulation but without saccharin increased up to 7 th night and then declined steadily until a negligible amount of bait was consumed on the 12 th night. saccharin supplemented coumatetralyl bait caused 80% reduction in porcupine burrow activity,while 70% reduction was recorded for bait without saccharin supplementation. copyright 2012 zoological society of pakistan.