Predator-friendly ranching, use of electric fences, and creole cattle in the Colombian savannas

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Carlos Valderrama-Vasquez
Rafael Hoogesteijn
Esteban Payán
Howard Quigley
Almira Hoogesteijn
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[1] WebConserva,Panthera
[2] 8 West 40th St.,Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional
[3] 18th Floor,undefined
[4] Wildlife Conservation Society,undefined
[5] Merida Unit,undefined
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European Journal of Wildlife Research | 2024年 / 70卷
关键词：
Carnivores; Human-wildlife conflict; Predation mitigation methods; Electric fences; Creole cattle;
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Livestock ranching overlaps extensively with jaguar and puma distribution in the Casanare Department of east-central Colombia. Conservation programs prioritize large carnivores in the region. Ranchers retaliate by killing them in response to economic losses or fear related to their presence. Reducing retaliatory hunting is a top priority in the conservation of feline species. Predation mitigation methods (PMMs) are necessary to reduce depredation and increase tolerance for large felines. In a prospective cohort study, 16 ranches between 2017 and 2019 used electric fences (n = 14) and introduced creole cattle (n = 2) as PMMs. There was a significant difference in the risk and odds ratios between the control and treatment groups. Livestock depredation was 14.78 times higher outside PMM areas (OR, 14.78; RR, 0.069; p < 0.001) than inside such areas. The losses caused by depredation were much higher than the investments made in PMMs.
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