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 …

Co-managing human–wildlife conflicts: a review

A Treves, RB Wallace, L Naughton-Treves… - Human dimensions of …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Conservationists recognize the need to work beyond protected areas if they are to sustain
viable populations of wildlife. But ambitious plans to extend wildlife corridors beyond …

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 …

Human‐carnivore conflict and perspectives on carnivore management worldwide

A Treves, KU Karanth - Conservation biology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Carnivore conservation depends on the sociopolitical landscape as much as the biological
landscape. Changing political attitudes and views of nature have shifted the goals of …

Paying for tolerance: rural citizens' attitudes toward wolf depredation and compensation

L Naughton‐Treves, R Grossberg… - Conservation …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
As wolf (Canis lupus) populations recover in Wisconsin (USA), their depredations on
livestock, pets, and hunting dogs have increased. We used a mail‐back survey to assess the …

A review of predation as a limiting factor for bird populations in mesopredator‐rich landscapes: a case study of the UK

S Roos, J Smart, DW Gibbons, JD Wilson - Biological Reviews, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of increasing vertebrate predator numbers on bird populations is widely debated
among the general public, game managers and conservationists across Europe. However …

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 …

Longitudinal analysis of attitudes toward wolves

A Treves, L Naughton‐Treves… - Conservation Biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding individual attitudes and how these predict overt opposition to predator
conservation or direct, covert action against predators will help to recover and maintain …

Predicting human‐carnivore conflict: a spatial model derived from 25 years of data on wolf predation on livestock

A Treves, L Naughton‐Treves, EK Harper… - Conservation …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Many carnivore populations escaped extinction during the twentieth century as a result of
legal protections, habitat restoration, and changes in public attitudes. However, encounters …

Patterns of human–wildlife conflicts and compensation: Insights from Western Ghats protected areas

KK Karanth, AM Gopalaswamy, PK Prasad… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Preventing and mitigating human–wildlife conflicts are a top conservation priority,
particularly in India where wildlife and high densities of people co-occur. We surveyed 1972 …