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Cattle depredation risk by gray wolves on grazing allotments in Washington
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2018 Livestock depredation was a primary factor in wolf extirpation from most of the conterminous United States by the 1930s. Through reintroductions and natural dispersals, gray wolves (Canis lupus) have recolonized portions of their former range.
Zoë L. Hanley +3 more
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Livestock Depredation and Its Impact on Farmers in Trongsa District, Bhutan
Indonesian Journal of Social and Environmental Issues, 2023 This survey was conducted in the Trongsa District of Bhutan to assess and document the depredation of livestock by wild predators, time, and seasonality of predation, estimate the economic value of livestock losses in three years (2019-2021), and assess ...
Sonam Dorji Layrab +2 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Large carnivores can cause considerable economic damage, mainly due to livestock depredation. These conflicts instigate negative attitude towards their conservation, which could in the extreme case lead to retaliatory killing.
Claudio Augugliaro +4 more
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Pastoralism, 2019 Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is a serious problem in many parts of the world, and Bhutan’s Wangchuck Centennial National Park (WCNP) is no exception. Located in the remote alpine areas of the eastern Himalaya, wildlife species such as snow leopard (SL ...
Yonten Jamtsho, Om Katel
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Characterization of puma–livestock conflicts in rangelands of central Argentina [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Livestock predation is one of the major causes of conflicts between humans and pumas (Puma concolor). Using data from interviews with ranchers and kill-site inspections, we characterized puma–livestock conflicts in Villarino and Patagones counties of ...
María de las Mercedes Guerisoli +5 more
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The costs of livestock depredation by large carnivores [PDF]
, 2016 Livestock depredation by large carnivores entails economic damage to farmers in many parts of the world. The aim of this paper is to analyse and compare the costs of livestock depredation by carnivores across different carnivore species and regions.
Widman, Marit, Elofsson, Katarina
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Night Lighting and Domestic Dogs Reduce Livestock Depredation Risk in the Tropical Lowlands of Nepal
Conservation LettersIncreasing livestock depredation by recovering large carnivore populations undermines local support for long‐term conservation. Past studies on livestock depredation have primarily focused on biophysical predictors, often overlooking the role of ...
Bijaya Neupane +4 more
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Global Ecology and ConservationLivestock depredation by large carnivores poses substantial challenges to conservation efforts in the Nepal Himalayas. Here, we examined the key landscape, biotic, and anthropogenic factors influencing livestock depredation by snow leopards (Panthera ...
Ashok Subedi +5 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) is an endangered subspecies characterized by highly fragmented populations and increasing human–carnivore conflict across the Iberian Peninsula. Although body mass strongly influences predator–prey dynamics and ecological performance, quantitative assessments of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and body mass
Leonardo Cotts +4 more
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Reduction in livestock losses following placement of livestock guarding dogs and the impact of herd species and dog sex [PDF]
, 2015 Livestock guarding dogs have been placed on South African farms by the not-for-profit organisation, Cheetah Outreach Trust, since 2005, and have been proven to be an efficient form of non-lethal predator control against jackal, caracal, leopards ...
Leijenaar, S-L +2 more
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