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What Factors Predispose Households in Trans-Himalaya (Central Nepal) to Livestock Predation by Snow Leopards?

Tiwari, Mahesh P ; Devkota, Bishnu P ; Jackson, Rodney M ; Chhetri, Bir Bahadur Khanal ; Bagale, Sistata

Animals (Basel), 2020-11, Vol.10 (11), p.2187 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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What Factors Predispose Households in Trans-Himalaya (Central Nepal) to Livestock Predation by Snow Leopards?
Autor: Tiwari, Mahesh P ; Devkota, Bishnu P ; Jackson, Rodney M ; Chhetri, Bir Bahadur Khanal ; Bagale, Sistata
Assuntos: Barley ; Biological research ; Biology, Experimental ; Cattle ; Community ; Compensation ; Conservation ; Conservation areas ; Economic factors ; Economic impact ; Economics ; Enforcement ; Environmental protection ; Farmers ; Herding ; Households ; Human-animal relationships ; human-snow leopard conflict ; Insurance ; Interviews ; Law enforcement ; Livestock ; livestock predation ; Mitigation ; Narphu valley ; National parks ; Panthera uncia ; Pastures ; Predation ; Predation (Biology) ; Protected areas ; Questionnaires ; Security ; Sheep ; Snow leopard ; Social factors ; Socioeconomics ; Statistical models ; trans-Himalaya ; Valleys ; Wildlife conservation ; Wildlife management ; Winter
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Descrição: Livestock depredation across the trans-Himalaya causes significant economic losses to pastoralist communities. Quantification of livestock predation and the assessment of variables associated with depredation are crucial for designing effective long-term mitigation measures. We investigated the patterns and factors of livestock depredation by snow leopards (Panthera uncia) using semi-structured questionnaires targeting herders in the Narphu valley of the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. During the two years (2017/18 and 2018/19), 73.9% of the households interviewed (n = 65) lost livestock to snow leopards, with an annual average loss of two livestock per household. Of the total depredation attributed to snow leopards, 55.4% were yak (mainly female: 79%), 31.7% goat, 6.8% sheep, 3.2% horse and 2.8% cattle. Results from applying Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) revealed the total number of livestock owned and the number of larger bodied livestock species as the main explanatory covariates explaining livestock depredation. Forty-one (41%) of all herders considered snow leopard’s preference for domestic livestock as the main factor in livestock predation, whereas only 5% perceived poor herding practice as the main reason for the loss. Our study found poor and changing herding practices in the valley, whereby 71% herders reported careful herding as a solution to snow leopard depredation, and 15% of herders considered the complete extermination of snow leopards as the best solution to the problem. Tolerance levels and awareness among herders towards snow leopard conservation is increasing, mainly due to the Buddhist religion and strict law enforcement within this protected area. We recommend the effective implementation of a community-based livestock insurance scheme to compensate the economic loss of herders due to predation and improved herding practices as the recommended mitigation measures for ensuring livestock security and snow leopards’ conservation in the valley.
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What Factors Predispose Households in Trans-Himalaya (Central Nepal) to Livestock Predation by Snow Leopards?

Tiwari, Mahesh P ; Devkota, Bishnu P ; Jackson, Rodney M ; Chhetri, Bir Bahadur Khanal ; Bagale, Sistata

Basel: MDPI AG

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