AUGUST 6,
2019
Human and
wildlife conflict has increased along with expanding human populations,
particularly when wildlife endanger humans or their livelihoods. Most research
on human-wildlife conflict has focused on the ways tigers, wolves, and other
predators impact livestock even though noncarnivores also threaten livestock.
New
research by Dr. Shari Rodriguez and Dr. Christie Sampson, both from Clemson
University, publishing on August 6 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology,
examines the effects of these less-studied relationships, particularly
for feral
hogs and
elephants, and the potential consequences of excluding these animals from
research focused on mitigating wildlife impacts on livestock.
"Our
study highlights the importance of including species not traditionally
considered in the livestock protection conversation, and finding similarities
in how the effects of non-Carnivora species can be addressed through the same
methodologies as species such as wolves, tigers, or lions," says Dr.
Rodriguez.
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