ISSN 2538-0125 Distribution characteristics of the free- roaming dog population of the western area of Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga: Developing a GIS for biosecurity and animal welfare projects Glenn Aguilar and Vanya de Felice https://doi.org/10.34074/pibs.00804 Distribution characteristics of the free-roaming dog population of the western area of Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga: Developing a GIS for biosecurity and animal welfare projects by Glenn Aguilar and Vanya de Felice is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand licence. Published ahead of issue Received: 20 August 2023 Accepted: 15 November 2023 Published: December 2023 This publication may be cited as: Aguilar, G., de Felice, V. (2023). Distribution characteristics of the free- roaming dog population of the western area of Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga: Developing a GIS for biosecurity and animal welfare projects. Perspectives in Biosecurity. 8. pp. 33–55. Contact: epress@unitec.ac.nz www.unitec.ac.nz/epress/ Unitec | Te Pūkenga Private Bag 92025 Victoria Street West, Auckland 1010 Aotearoa / New Zealand Biosecurity PERSPECTIVES IN VOLUME 8/2023 ePress Research with impact