Opportunities to apply precision livestock management on rangelands

DW Bailey, MG Trotter, C Tobin… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Precision livestock management has become a new field of study as the result of recent
advancements in real-time global positioning system (GPS) tracking, accelerometer and …

Interactions between livestock guarding dogs and wolves in the southern French Alps

JM Landry, JL Borelli, M Drouilly - Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 2020 - BioOne
Thirty years after the return of grey wolves (Canis lupus) to the French Alps, the number of
livestock losses is on the rise despite livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) being widely used …

Can an old dog learn a new trick?: Efficacy of livestock guardian dogs at keeping an apex predator away from people

JK Young, W Sarmento - Biological conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Historic practices to reduce dangerous interactions between people, livestock, and large
carnivores are returning alongside the recovery of some large carnivore populations …

Livestock guarding dogs shape activity patterns of sympatric mesocarnivores in sheep ranches of the Patagonia region

K Arenas-Rodriguez, AP Yusti-Muñoz… - Journal for Nature …, 2024 - Elsevier
Predation of livestock by wild carnivores is a source of human-wildlife conflict. Livestock
Guarding Dogs (LGDs) are one of the most effective non-lethal methods used. LGDs could …

Wildlife responses to livestock guard dogs and domestic sheep on open range

D Kinka, JT Schultz, JK Young - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are an attractant to carnivores; however, sheep are often
accompanied by humans and livestock guardian dogs (LGDs; Canis familiaris), which …

Tus mejores amigos pueden ser tus peores enemigos: impacto de los gatos y perros domésticos en países megadiversos

M Orduña-Villaseñor, D Valenzuela-Galván… - Revista mexicana de …, 2023 - scielo.org.mx
Los gatos y perros domésticos son las mascotas preferidas del hombre, por lo que se han
convertido en especies invasoras y los carnívoros más abundantes del planeta. A pesar de …

Mitigating human conflicts with livestock guardian dogs in extensive sheep grazing systems

JC Mosley, BL Roeder, RA Frost, SL Wells… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) are an effective tool for limiting livestock depredation by
wild and feral predators. Unfortunately, LGDs have bitten hikers, joggers, and mountain …

Reducing livestock-carnivore conflict on rural farms using local livestock guarding dogs

LK Van Der Weyde, M Kokole, C Modise… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2020 - BioOne
Livestock depredation can be devastating to both farmers and the species considered
responsible if they are subsequently persecuted. Many proposed conflict solutions are …

Domestic dog attacks on livestock referred to a Veterinary Teaching Hospital

MC Gonzaga, JRJ Borges, TS Alves… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Losses and the economic impact of dog attacks (DAs) on livestock are often overlooked and
include factors such as decreased production, expenses for treatment and handling, and …

Every dog has its day: indigenous Tswana dogs are more practical livestock guardians in an arid African savanna compared with their expatriate cousins

JE Horgan, LK Van Der Weyde, J Comley… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2021 - BioOne
Livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) have been used for centuries to reduce depredation on
livestock and, more recently, to facilitate the conservation of threatened carnivores …