Human procurement of meat from lion (Panthera leo) kills: Costs of disturbance and implications for carnivore conservation.

ABSTRACT: In Africa, humans and large carnivores compete over access to resources, including prey. Disturbance by humans to kills made by carnivores, often for purposes of obtaining all or portions of the carcass, constitutes a form of human-wildlife conflict. However the occurrence of this practice, known as human kleptoparasitism, and its impact on carnivores has received little scientific attention. We obtained expert opinions from African lion researchers and stakeholders via a standardized questionnaire to characterize the geographic extent and frequency of human kleptoparasitism as it occurs in modern times. Our survey found modern human kleptoparasitism on kills made by lions, and possibly other large carnivores in Africa, to be geographically more widespread than previously reported. Meat lo

SUBMITTER: White PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324114 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature