The Asiatic jackal also known as the golden, oriental, or common jackal, is present in South Asia up to Myanmar (formerly Burma), North and East Africa, and Southern Europe. It is a carnivore specie spread commonly throughout Pakistan.

Golden jackal pairs forage and rest together. All their behavior is highly synchronized. Cooperative hunting is important to the jackals. Pairs are three times more likely to be successful than individuals in hunting. Both male and female members of a golden jackal pair have important roles in maintaining their territory and in raising the young.

They are opportunistic foragers with a very varied diet, which consists of young gazelles, rodents, (especially during winter), hares, ground birds and their eggs, reptiles, frogs, fish, insects and fruit. Major threats to their population include habitat degradation, fragmentation, mining, killing for conceived as a danger to poultry.