2019
DOI: 10.1111/csp2.165
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Perspectives of traditional Himalayan communities on fostering coexistence with Himalayan wolf and snow leopard

Abstract: The Himalayan wolf Canis sp. and snow leopard Panthera uncia are found in the Nepalese Himalayas where conservation efforts target the latter but not the former. We conducted semistructured questionnaire surveys of 71 residents in upper Humla, upper Dolpa, and Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA) during 2014–2016 to understand people's knowledge, perceptions, attitudes and interactions with these two carnivores. We fitted a cumulative link mixed model to predict Likert scale ordinal responses from a series of … Show more

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“…It is, however, notable that having experienced losses did not affect perceptions of snow leopards, and the effect of perception on wolves was weak. This is in contrast with a recent study from the Nepal Himalayas where livestock depredation by wolves is the main predictor of the negative attitude towards wolves (Kusi et al, 2019). However, such a pattern was not recorded in our study area and may be due to the fact that average losses in our study area were quite low (~1% of all livestock holdings).…”
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“…It is, however, notable that having experienced losses did not affect perceptions of snow leopards, and the effect of perception on wolves was weak. This is in contrast with a recent study from the Nepal Himalayas where livestock depredation by wolves is the main predictor of the negative attitude towards wolves (Kusi et al, 2019). However, such a pattern was not recorded in our study area and may be due to the fact that average losses in our study area were quite low (~1% of all livestock holdings).…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…In our study landscape, a far larger proportion of respondents were negative towards wolves than to snow leopards. This was also observed by Kusi et al (2019) in upper Dolpa and Humla areas, located in the western region of Nepal. This perception is common in areas where wolves coexist with other large predators, for example brown bear and lynx (Trajçe et al, 2019).…”
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