Mixed-breed guarding dogs reduce conflict between goat herders and native carnivores in Patagonia

Mixed-breed guarding dogs reduce conflict between goat herders and native carnivores in Patagonia

Goat husbandry is the main rural livelihood in the northern Patagonian steppe of Argentina, and herders kill any carnivore that they believe threatens their herds, including the endangered Andean cat (Leopardus jacobita). We evaluated the use of local, mediumsized, mixed-breed guarding dogs to reduc...

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Main Authors: Alejandro González, Andrés Novaro, Martín Funes, Oscar Pailacura, María Jose Bolgeri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Utah State University 2017-02-01
Series:Human-Wildlife Interactions
Subjects:
andean cat
argentina
culpeo
human–wildlife conflicts
livestock
guarding dog
predation
puma.
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol6/iss2/14

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