Effects of shepherds and dogs on livestock depredation by leopards (Panthera pardus) in north-eastern Iran.

ABSTRACT: Human-carnivore conflicts over livestock depredation are increasingly common, yet little is understood about the role of husbandry in conflict mitigation. As shepherds and guarding dogs are most commonly used to curb carnivore attacks on grazing livestock, evaluation and improvement of these practices becomes an important task. We addressed this issue by studying individual leopard (Panthera pardus) attacks on sheep and goats in 34 villages near Golestan National Park, Iran. We obtained and analyzed data on 39 attacks, which included a total loss of 31 sheep and 36 goats in 17 villages. We applied non-parametric testing, Poisson Generalized Linear Modelling (GLM) and model selection to assess how numbers of sheep and goats killed per attack are associated with the presence and absen

SUBMITTER: Khorozyan I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5326547 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature