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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Sport hunting, predator control and conservation of large carnivores
PLoS ONE, Volume 4, No. 6, Article e5941, Year 2009
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Sport hunting has provided important economic incentives for conserving large predators since the early 1970's, but wildlife managers also face substantial pressure to reduce depredation. Sport hunting is an inherently risky strategy for controlling predators as carnivore populations are difficult to monitor and some species show a propensity for infanticide that is exacerbated by removing adult males. Simulation models predict population declines from even moderate levels of hunting in infanticidal species, and harvest data suggest that African countries and U.S. states with the highest intensity of sport hunting have shown the steepest population declines in African lions and cougars over the past 25 yrs. Similar effects in African leopards may have been masked by mesopredator release owing to declines in sympatric lion populations, whereas there is no evidence of overhunting in non-infanticidal populations of American black bears. Effective conservation of these animals will require new harvest strategies and improved monitoring to counter demands for predator control by livestock producers and local communities. © 2009 Packer et al.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Packer, Craig
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Kosmala, Margaret
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Cooley, Hilary S.
United States, Logan
Wildlife Demographics
Brink, Henry
United Kingdom, Canterbury
University of Kent
Pintea, Lilian
United States, Washington, D.c.
The Jane Goodall Institute
Garshelis, David Lance
United States, Saint Paul
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Purchase, Gianetta
Zimbabwe
The Zambesi Society
Strauss, Megan K.L.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Swanson, Alexandra
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Balme, Guy Andrew
United States, New York
Panthera Usa
Hunter, Luke T.B.
United States, New York
Panthera Usa
Nowell, Kristin
United States, Cape Neddick
Cat Action Treasury
Statistics
Citations: 221
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0005941
e-ISSN:
19326203
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study