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What Factors Predispose Households in Trans-Himalaya (Central Nepal) to Livestock Predation by Snow Leopards?

open access: yesAnimals, 2020
Livestock depredation across the trans-Himalaya causes significant economic losses to pastoralist communities. Quantification of livestock predation and the assessment of variables associated with depredation are crucial for designing effective long-term
Mahesh P. Tiwari   +4 more
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Effects of Wolf Mortality on Livestock Depredations

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Predator control and sport hunting are often used to reduce predator populations and livestock depredations, but the efficacy of lethal control has rarely been tested. We assessed the effects of wolf mortality on reducing livestock depredations in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming from 1987-2012 using a 25 year time series. The number of livestock depredated,
Robert B Wielgus, Kaylie A Peebles
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Planning for wolf-livestock coexistence: landscape context predicts livestock depredation risk in agricultural landscapes

open access: yesanimal, 2023
Extensive pastoral livestock systems in Central Europe provide multiple ecosystem services and support biodiversity in agricultural landscapes but their viability is challenged by livestock depredation (LD) associated with the recovery of wolf populations.
Hannes J. König   +5 more
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Spatial Pattern Analysis Reveals Randomness Among Carnivore Depredation of Livestock

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Carnivore depredation of livestock is a global problem which negatively impacts both agropastoral livelihoods and carnivore population viability.
Claire F. Hoffmann   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human-Leopard Conflict: An Emerging Issue of North China Leopard Conservation in Tieqiaoshan Provincial Nature Reserve in Shanxi Province, China

open access: yesAnimals, 2020
Livestock depredation by large carnivores is a conventional human–wildlife conflict, both at the local and regional level. Many species of wildlife have become endangered because of this conflict.
Kahindo Tulizo Consolee   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the numbers: Human attitudes and conflict with lions (Panthera leo) in and around Gambella National Park, Ethiopia. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Human-lion conflict is one of the leading threats to lion populations and while livestock loss is a source of conflict, the degree to which livestock depredation is tolerated by people varies between regions and across cultures.
Fikirte Gebresenbet   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Emerging Issue of Human-Leopard Conflict in the Human-Dominated Landscape of Mid-Hills: A Case Study from Tanahun District of Nepal

open access: yesInternational Journal of Zoology, 2023
Information on the spatial and temporal patterns of losses caused by leopard (Panthera pardus) in terms of human attacks and livestock depredation in the human-dominated landscape of the mid-hills of Nepal is essential in formulating and implementing ...
Shalik Ram Kandel   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of human-wildlife conflict in the Central Omo River Basin, Ethiopia

open access: yesJournal of Science and Inclusive Development, 2022
Human-wildlife conflict is a global issue for wildlife provisional due to crop damage and livestock depredation by wild animals. Developing effective human-wildlife conflict mitigation strategies requires understanding the conflict patterns, species ...
Aberham Megaze   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relative influence of wild prey and livestock abundance on carnivore‐caused livestock predation

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2020
Conservation conflict over livestock depredation is one of the key drivers of large mammalian carnivore declines worldwide. Mitigating this conflict requires strategies informed by reliable knowledge of factors influencing livestock depredation.
Gopal Khanal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Local villagers’ perceptions of wolves in Jiuzhaigou County, western China [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2015
While there have been increasing numbers of reports of human-wolf conflict in China during recent years, little is known about the nature of this conflict.
Yu Xu, Biao Yang, Liang Dou
doaj   +2 more sources

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