Carnivores

Conditioned taste aversion

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Test of two substances that have proven effective with other carnivores to deter pumas through conditioned taste aversion in order to reduce livestock predation.

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Self-feeding system

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Enclosure made with few stakes and nets (the same ones used for livestock), a wooden pallet to make the entrance of the enclosure, and garbage cans and ropes that respectively serve as self-feeding food reserve for livestock guarding dogs. An initiative to reduce the time spent b...

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Eye-painting cow

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This initiative consists of painting eyes on the hindquarters of cows to scare off predators that ambush them from behind like lions.

Working with Botswana Predator Conservation and local herders, we painted the cattle of 14 herds that had recently suffered lion atta...

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CDPNews

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The Carnivore Damage Prevention News, a publication initiated in 2000, aims to facilitate the collaboration between specialists and information exchange among carnivore damage prevention projects, and to become an important instrument and forum for many scientists, conservationis...

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White Dogs Fund

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Program to foster donation in order to support people in rural areas who shoulder the real cost of co-existing with wolves, brown bears and lynx with prompt and practical assistance to resolve conflicts.

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Participatory incentive program

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Community workshops with 133 members of 7 communities and surveys with 25 multidisciplinary experts from government, nongovernmental organizations, and academia provided iterative data to design a plan of incentives

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Ultrasonic scaring device

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Based on the theory of human fear of wolves, this paper presents a first attempt to evaluate the effect of introducing a hand-held ultrasonic scaring device to deter wolves.

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Framework Effective practices

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Framework to assess the effectiveness of measures and practices to prevent and limit depredation of large carnivores on livestock.

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Stakeholders network

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Building a successful network between stakeholders to prevent inaction towards the human jaguar conflict present in the area and to have better coordinated efforts to protect this threatened species.

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Interim Relief Scheme (Cattle Compensation Programme)

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With the objective of alleviating this situation, The Corbett Foundation (TCF), a conservation NGO working in India, launched the Cattle Compensation Scheme in 1995 to give interim and on-the-spot financial assistance to villagers, whose cattle have been killed by a tiger or a le...

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