Attitudes of Rural Communities Toward Dispersing African Wild Dogs in South Africa

Parker, Daniel M.; Whittington-Jones, Brendan; Bernard, R. T. F.; Davies‐Mostert, Harriet T.

doi:10.1080/10871209.2014.926575

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“…Overall, people in the protected territories addressed in this study either disliked or felt neutral toward jaguars. Negative attitudes toward jaguars are not uncommon (Zimmermann et al, 2005;Cavalcanti et al, 2010;Castaño-Uribe et al, 2016;Porfirio et al, 2016), but are often attributed to livestock loss and resulting economic cost (Rosas-Rosas and Valdez, 2010;Parker et al, 2014; FIGURE 4 | Proportion of men and women fear to encounter jaguars, by area.…”

Section: Discussion Attitudes Toward Jaguars and Jaguar Killingmentioning

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Jaguar Persecution Without “Cowflict”: Insights From Protected Territories in the Bolivian Amazon

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Persecution by humans is one of the most pressing threats to jaguars (Panthera onca) throughout the Americas, yet few studies have examined the killing of jaguars outside cattle-ranching communities. Although over one-third of the jaguar's range is formally protected, relatively little is known about human-jaguar relationships within protected areas and indigenous territories. Protected land within the Bolivian Amazon, considered a stronghold for the jaguar, contains communities who differ economically, legally, and socially from previously-studied human populations living with jaguars. Using in-person structured interviews, we investigated attitudes and norms related to jaguars and jaguar killing, self-reported past killing of jaguars, and demographic variables in two protected areas and an indigenous territory: Integrated Management Area (IMA) of Santa Rosa del Abuná (Santa Rosa, n = 224), Indigenous Territory Tacana II (n = 137), and Manuripi National Amazon Wildlife Reserve (MNAWR, n = 169). Overall, people disliked (48.9%) or felt neutral (26.8%) toward jaguars. A relatively large number of people reported either being attacked or knowing someone who had been attacked by a jaguar: 15.45% in Santa Rosa, 14.20% in MNAWR, and 30.88% in Tacana II. Many respondents stated to have killed a jaguar, although the proportion differed among study areas: 20.39% of Santa Rosa, 55.47% of Tacana II, and 32.72% of MNAWR. People perceived jaguar persecution as relatively common: 44.9% of Santa Rosa, 90.8% of Tacana II, and 65.8% of MNAWR said their neighbors kill jaguars (i.e., descriptive norm). Also, 75.4% of Santa Rosa, 89.1% of Tacana II, and 69.1% of MNAWR said that some of their family members and neighbors thought jaguar killing was good (i.e., subjective norm). Descriptive and subjective norms positively influenced both attitudes toward killing and past killing of jaguars. This perception of jaguar killing being common and socially-accepted, combined with high rates of past killing and a growing illegal trade of jaguar parts, may create an atmosphere conducive to widespread jaguar persecution in the Bolivian Amazon. We recommend management strategies that focus on preventing jaguar depredation of small domestic animals, lessening the perception of carnivore encounters as dangerous to decrease safety-related fears, and making large carnivore killing socially unacceptable (e.g., through social marketing).

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Section: Discussion Attitudes Toward Jaguars and Jaguar Killingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Jaguar Persecution Without “Cowflict”: Insights From Protected Territories in the Bolivian Amazon

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“…The majority of the local people have attained formal education and has the ability to exchange conservation knowledge among themselves. Similarly, relationship between education level and conservation priority attitudes towards large carnivores has been reported previously (Bhatia, Redpath, Suryawanshi, & Mishra, 2016;Carter, Riley, & Liu, 2012;Lagendijk & Gusset, 2008;Lindsey et al, 2005;Parker et al, 2014;Røskaft et al, 2007). The educated respondents have the possibility to watch television, read newspapers and books which might also be important means of obtaining information regarding wild dogs, which again increases the awareness of local people about wild dog conservation priorities.…”

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“…The presence of tourist facilities and game rangers may have led to an increase in the protection status of wild dogs in the park. Although the pastoral community dislikes co-existing with large carnivores (Berger, 2007;Majić, Marino Taussig de Bodonia, Huber, & Bunnefeld, 2011;Parker et al, 2014;Valeix et al, 2012), the positive suggestions from our respondents to releasing wild dogs into SNP indicate that the wild dog population will perform better by being translocated in the park due to a reduction of wild dog killing after their livestock. Simultaneously, removing wild dogs from the LGCA may improve the economic well-being of the local pastoralists through the reduction of depredation incidences.…”

Section: Perceptions On Capturing and Releasing Wild Dogsmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Human behaviour differs, however, between individuals with respect to resource use, cultural and social needs (Parker, Whittington-Jones, Bernard, & Davies-Mostert, 2014;Schuette, Creel, & Christianson, 2013;Zimmermann et al, 2010). To acquire an understanding of human behaviour towards carnivore conservation, various social demographic factors have been studied (Lindsey, Du Toit, & Mills, 2005;Røskaft, Bjerke, Kaltenborn, Linnell, & Andersen, 2003;Røskaft, Händel, Bjerke, & Kaltenborn, 2007;Stein, Fuller, Damery, Sievert, & Marker, 2010).…”

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Community Opinions about African Wild Dog Conservation and Relocations near the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Masenga¹,

Lyamuya²,

Eblate³

et al. 2016

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Conservation of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) in human-dominated landscapes faces many challenges. Understanding human opinions of wild dog conservation is important to inform management decisions. Questionnaire surveys, including both open and closed-ended questions, were administered by researchers through face-to-face interviews of 297 respondents in the eastern part of the Serengeti ecosystem between January and February 2012. Our results indicated that most local people believed that wild dogs were extinct in the Serengeti ecosystem. According to the local people, wild dogs should have a high conservation priority. Moreover, tribe and gender are important demographic variables that explain the negative or positive perceptions of attempts to relocate wild dogs from the Loliondo Game Controlled Area to the Serengeti National Park (SNP). We conclude that future conservation interventions should focus on the interface between community knowledge and modern conservation science.

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“…The AI values were determined for each respondent as the sum of the scores of the relevant questions (Zimmermann et al 2005, Anthony 2007. We recognize that this approach has an element of subjectivity associated with it, but it is based on published work used for quantifying respondent attitudes towards carnivores (Parker et al 2014, Page et al 2015, Page-Nicholson et al 2017. Higher AI scores indicated a more positive overall attitude towards wild dogs (Zimmermann et al 2005).…”

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Attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the African wild dog conservation landscape in the greater Kruger National Park

Parker¹,

Watermeyer²,

Davies‐Mostert³

et al. 2018

Endang. Species. Res.

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The survival of wildlife ultimately relies on its acceptability to humans. The African wild dog Lycaon pictus is an endangered species that often comes into conflict with humans. Currently, the only viable population in South Africa resides in the Kruger National Park (KNP). To begin to understand the acceptability of wild dogs outside this important wild dog stronghold, we interviewed private landowners (n = 186) along the KNP western and southern boundaries. Respondents generally held positive attitudes towards wild dogs and had a good knowledge of them. Attitudes were also more positive when the property was part of a conservancy, indicating that the conservation landscape for wild dogs on private land outside the KNP is promising. However, the impact of edge effects such as disease transmission should not be ignored in future research, and creative solutions for mitigating these effects must be sought to ensure the future conservation of wild dogs.

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Attitudes of Rural Communities Toward Dispersing African Wild Dogs in South Africa

Cited by 21 publications

References 20 publications

Jaguar Persecution Without “Cowflict”: Insights From Protected Territories in the Bolivian Amazon

Jaguar Persecution Without “Cowflict”: Insights From Protected Territories in the Bolivian Amazon

Community Opinions about African Wild Dog Conservation and Relocations near the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the African wild dog conservation landscape in the greater Kruger National Park

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