Predator control should not be a shot in the dark

A Treves, M Krofel, J McManus - Frontiers in Ecology and the …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Livestock owners traditionally use various non‐lethal and lethal methods to protect their
domestic animals from wild predators. However, many of these methods are implemented …

Toward best management practices for ecological corridors

A Gregory, E Spence, P Beier, E Garding - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ecological corridors are one of the best, and possibly only viable, management tools to
maintain biodiversity at large scales and to allow species, and ecological processes, to track …

Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection

LM Van Eeden, A Eklund, JRB Miller… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Carnivore predation on livestock often leads people to retaliate. Persecution by humans has
contributed strongly to global endangerment of carnivores. Preventing livestock losses …

Limited evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to reduce livestock predation by large carnivores

A Eklund, JV López-Bao, M Tourani, G Chapron… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Successful coexistence between large carnivores and humans is conditional upon effective
mitigation of the impact of these species on humans, such as through livestock depredation …

Dead or alive? Comparing costs and benefits of lethal and non-lethal human–wildlife conflict mitigation on livestock farms

JS McManus, AJ Dickman, D Gaynor, BH Smuts… - Oryx, 2015 - cambridge.org
Livestock depredation has implications for conservation and agronomy; it can be costly for
farmers and can prompt retaliatory killing of carnivores. Lethal control measures are readily …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of livestock protection measures against wolves (Canis lupus) and implications for their co-existence with humans

A Bruns, M Waltert, I Khorozyan - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 - Elsevier
Wolves (Canis lupus) can kill domestic livestock resulting in intense conflicts with humans.
Damage to livestock should be reduced to facilitate human-wolf coexistence and ensure …

An ecological framework for contextualizing carnivore–livestock conflict

CE Wilkinson, A McInturff, JRB Miller… - Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Carnivore predation on livestock is a complex management and policy challenge, yet it is
also intrinsically an ecological interaction between predators and prey. Human–wildlife …

Livestock protection dogs in the 21st century: is an ancient tool relevant to modern conservation challenges?

TM Gehring, KC VerCauteren, JM Landry - BioScience, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Europe and North America share a similar history in the extirpation and subsequent
recovery of large carnivore and ungulate species. Both continents face challenges and …

Killing wolves to prevent predation on livestock may protect one farm but harm neighbors

FJ Santiago-Avila, AM Cornman, A Treves - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Large carnivores, such as gray wolves, Canis lupus, are difficult to protect in mixed-use
landscapes because some people perceive them as dangerous and because they …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: Why might removing carnivores maintain or increase risks for domestic animals?

LM Elbroch, A Treves - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Human-carnivore conflict is still characterized by lethal control, even while some evidence
suggests that carnivore removal may not affect the likelihood of future livestock predation, or …