Factors affecting livestock depredation by snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in the Himalayan region of Nepal.

ABSTRACT: The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) found in central Asia is classified as vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Every year, large number of livestock are killed by snow leopards in Nepal, leading to economic loss to local communities and making human-snow leopard conflict a major threat to snow leopard conservation. We conducted formal and informal stakeholder's interviews to gather information related to livestock depredation with the aim to map the attack sites by the snow leopard. These sites were further validated by district forest office staffs to assess sources of bias. Attack sites older than 3 years were removed from the survey. We found 109 attack sites and visited all the sites for geo location purpose (GPS points of all unique si

SUBMITTER: Karki A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8214393 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature