Hunters as Stewards of Wolves in Wisconsin and the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA

Treves, Adrian; Martin, Kerry A.

doi:10.1080/08941920.2011.559654

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“…Interest in understanding how people formulate judgments concerning acceptability of wildlife populations has given rise to parallel lines of research on human "tolerance" for and "acceptance" of wildlife (Bruskotter & Fulton, 2012;Decker & Purdy, 1988;Treves, 2009;Treves & Martin, 2011). The concept of "tolerance" for a species or population has been explored in several studies focused on people's attitudes toward carnivore populations and preferences regarding carnivore management (Naughton- Treves, Grossberg, & Treves, 2003;Treves, 2009;Treves & Martin, 2011).…”

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Assessing Tolerance for Wildlife: Clarifying Relations Between Concepts and Measures

Bruskotter

Singh

Fulton

et al. 2015

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

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Two parallel lines of inquiry, tolerance for and acceptance of wildlife populations, have arisen in the applied literature on wildlife conservation to assess probability of successfully establishing or increasing populations of controversial species. Neither of these lines is well grounded in social science theory, and diverse measures have been employed to assess tolerance, which inhibits comparability across studies. We empirically tested behavioral measures of tolerance against self-reports of previous policy-relevant behavior and behavioral intentions. Both composite behavioral measures were strongly correlated (r > .70) with two attitudinal measures of tolerance commonly employed in the literature. The strong correlation between attitudinal and behavioral measures suggests existing attitudinal measures represent valid, parsimonious measures of tolerance that may be useful when behavioral measures are too cumbersome or misreporting of behavior is anticipated. Our results demonstrate how behavioral measures of tolerance provide additional, useful information beyond general attitudinal measures.

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Section: Existing Lines Of Researchmentioning

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Assessing Tolerance for Wildlife: Clarifying Relations Between Concepts and Measures

Bruskotter

Singh

Fulton

et al. 2015

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

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“…However, hunters need to be actively involved in management plans, landowners need to receive associated benefits, and incomes need to exceed any financial losses associated with the presence of predators for positive effects to occur (Treves & Martin 2011). In our simulations, the demographic impacts of retaliatory killing and trophy harvest were also completely additive.…”

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The Relative Importance of Trophy Harvest and Retaliatory Killing of Large Carnivores: South African Leopards as a Case Study

Swanepoel

Lindsey

Somers

et al. 2014

South African Journal of Wildlife Research

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There are considerable challenges in the conservation of large carnivores, caused by large area requirements, low reproduction rates and low population densities coupled with their tendency to cause conflict with humans. Trophy hunting is one strategy to increase support for large carnivore conservation. Leopards, Panthera pardus, rank among the most soughtafter trophies in South Africa. However, trophy hunting has been suggested as partly responsible for leopard population declines, and leopards are also killed in retaliatory actions. In this study we used a stochastic population model to evaluate the relative influences of retaliatory killing and trophy harvest on leopard population persistence, and to assess the sustainability of the current leopard trophy harvest in South Africa. There was a stronger effect of variation in retaliatory killing than of harvest on population persistence. Although we found low extinction risks for South African leopards within 25 years, high risks of population declines across a wide range of simulation scenarios call for concern regarding the viability of the South African leopard population. We suggest that conflict mitigation may be more effective in promoting leopard persistence than restricting trophy harvest, and that accurate estimates of retaliatory killing are necessary for assessments of harvest sustainability.Key words: trophy hunting, carnivore, adaptive management, simulation models, population viability analysis. INTRODUCTIONConservation biologists and wildlife managers face considerable challenges in the management and conservation of large carnivores (Noss et al. 1996). Large carnivores have extensive area requirements, low reproduction rates and normally occur at low densities (Purvis et al. 2000). Furthermore, protected areas are rarely large enough to maintain viable large carnivore populations (Linnell et al. 2001). Therefore, non-protected areas are important in the conservation of large carnivores (Funston et al. 2013). However, carnivore populations in non-protected areas are frequently in conflict with rural communities, commercial farmers and game keepers, and retaliatory killing in response to human-large carnivore conflict is common (Woodroffe & Ginsberg 1998; Dar et al. 2009; Dickman 2010 Thorn et al. 2012). Trophy hunting is often seen as an appropiate incentive to conserve leopards (Lindsey et al. 2007; Funtson et al. 2013), but concern over the sustainability of leopard trophy hunting in South Africa has been raised (Balme et al. 2009). These concerns are founded in a doubling of the harvest quota since 2005 (75 to 150 animals), as well as increased incidents of legal and illegal retaliatory killing (Daly et al. 2005). Coupled with recent concerns that poorly managed trophy hunting may be partly responsible for declining leopard populations (Balme et al. 2009;Packer et al. 2011), there thus appears to be a need for a formal evaluation of the sustainability of the current trophy harvest of South African leopards.Population viability analyses (PV...

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“…In particular, farmers and hunters felt they were excluded from participation and involvement in carnivore management by central authorities (Ericsson & Heberlein 2003;Skogen 2003). In other parts of the world, Lindsey et al (2006) showed how local participation by trophy hunters in Africa contributed to wildlife conservation, while hunters in Wisconsin did not support wolf conservation in their area (Treves & Martin 2011;Bruskotter & Fulton 2012). In Scandinavia, hunters generally do not support the conservation of large carnivores (Ericsson & Heberlein 2003;Roskaft et al 2007).…”

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Environmental attitudes associated with large-scale cultural differences, not local environmental conflicts

Gangaas¹,

Kaltenborn

Andreassen³

2014

Envir. Conserv.

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SUMMARYSpecies and ecosystems are under constant pressure from a rapidly-growing human population. Human tolerance of carnivores, including the willingness to live in areas with these predators, is key to the success of large carnivore conservation. In the Scandinavian Peninsula, large carnivore populations conflict with human activity; low tolerance among local people may lead to illegal hunting. A survey of 2521 Scandinavian respondents to measure environmental value orientation, using the new environmental paradigm (NEP) scale and attitudes toward large carnivores, revealed attitudes towards the presence of carnivores were not related to carnivore abundance. Nor was there a significant relationship between environmental value orientation and personal experiences with loss of domestic sheep or hunting dogs. Environmental values were mainly explained by country differences; Swedes had a more ecocentric value orientation than Norwegians. Significantly more Norwegians (45 %) than Swedes (19 %) responded that there were too many carnivores in their country. Historic differences in how government is perceived between Norway and Sweden may result in different attitudes towards illegal hunting and towards carnivores. Specifically, Norwegians may hold a more anthropocentric view, based on a suspicion of central authorities, whereas Swedes may hold a more ecocentric view.

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Hunters as Stewards of Wolves in Wisconsin and the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA

Cited by 57 publications

References 24 publications

Assessing Tolerance for Wildlife: Clarifying Relations Between Concepts and Measures

Assessing Tolerance for Wildlife: Clarifying Relations Between Concepts and Measures

The Relative Importance of Trophy Harvest and Retaliatory Killing of Large Carnivores: South African Leopards as a Case Study

Environmental attitudes associated with large-scale cultural differences, not local environmental conflicts

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