“…Poaching of leopard's main prey species has resulted in a lack of sufficient wild prey within some of Iran's protected areas (Iranian Cheetah Society, ; Sanei et al, ). The abundance of leopards is strongly dependent on the densities of their main prey species: wild goats Capra aegagrus , wild boar Sus scrofa , and urial sheep Ovis vignei (Ghoddousi et al, ; Reyahi Khoram, Rizvandy, & Reyahi Khoram, ). Leopards who suffer from a lack of sufficient wild prey, in addition to old and young dispersing leopards attack domestic dogs and livestock (Babrgir, Farhadinia, & Moqanaki, ; Farhadinia, Johnson, Hunter, & Macdonald, ).…”