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Patterns, costs, and drivers of livestock depredations by leopards in rural settlements of Pakistan
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 Human-carnivore conflicts have been a most important driver of carnivore population declines globally. We investigated patterns, costs, and drivers of human-leopard conflicts in Banna Valley, Pakistan during 2017–2018. Since topographic and environmental factors can influence the frequency of livestock depredations by leopards, we used leopard ...
Faraz Akrim +13 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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Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Agricultural development accelerates the loss of habitat for many wildlife species and brings humans and animals in close proximity, resulting in increased human–wildlife conflict.
Batistino P. Mponzi +2 more
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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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Effects of Remedial Sport Hunting on Cougar Complaints and Livestock Depredations
PLoS ONE, 2013 Remedial sport hunting of predators is often used to reduce predator populations and associated complaints and livestock depredations. We assessed the effects of remedial sport hunting on reducing cougar complaints and livestock depredations in Washington from 2005 to 2010 (6 years).
Peebles, Kaylie A +3 more
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Wolf population monitoring and livestock depredation preventive methods in Europe
Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 2012 Reliable estimates of population parameters and their trends are necessary for effective management and conservation actions, especially for endangered species such as wolves in most European countries. Under the Habitat Directive 92/43/CEE, all countries are required to monitor the status of their endangered populations.
Marucco, Francesca, BOITANI, Luigi
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, 2022 Gray wolves are capable of adapting to human-dominated landscapes by utilizing domestic prey as a source of food. Livestock depredation by wolves incurs a heavy economic loss to the villagers, resulting in negative attitudes toward the species and ...
Prashant Mahajan (4104367) +3 more
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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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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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Assessing the Role of Livestock in Big Cat Prey Choice Using Spatiotemporal Availability Patterns. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Livestock is represented in big cat diets throughout the world. Husbandry approaches aim to reduce depredation, which may influence patterns of prey choice, but whether felids have a preference for livestock or not often remains unclear as most studies ...
Arash Ghoddousi +7 more
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