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<p>Effective conservation requires understanding the psychological and socio-economic dynamics between predators and local communities. Our study focused on three aspects: (1) negative interactions (e.g., livestock selectivity), (2) coping mechanisms or husbandry practices, and (3) resulting perceptions of livestock owners towards leopards in Northern India. For enumeration of the patterns of attacks on livestock using Chi-square tests: gender and size were the most significant factor followed by pelage pattern and lastly species. We used GLM to evaluate the primary livestock husbandry practices which influenced predation patterns on livestock. It included: village distance from forests (negative correlation), and the habit of grazing outside in the forest and herd-size (positive correlation). The resultant livestock owners’ perception towards the leopards, also evaluated using GLM, was primarily influenced by cultural perception. The largely negative perception, could largely be attributed to local narratives.</p>

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“There is no Free Lunch” - The Selective Livestock Predation, Related Husbandry Practices and Resulting Perception Towards Leopards in Northern India

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    2026年7月22日

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  • Shashank Yadav,
  • Satyaranjan Behera,
  • Murali Krishna Chatakonda

摘要

Effective conservation requires understanding the psychological and socio-economic dynamics between predators and local communities. Our study focused on three aspects: (1) negative interactions (e.g., livestock selectivity), (2) coping mechanisms or husbandry practices, and (3) resulting perceptions of livestock owners towards leopards in Northern India. For enumeration of the patterns of attacks on livestock using Chi-square tests: gender and size were the most significant factor followed by pelage pattern and lastly species. We used GLM to evaluate the primary livestock husbandry practices which influenced predation patterns on livestock. It included: village distance from forests (negative correlation), and the habit of grazing outside in the forest and herd-size (positive correlation). The resultant livestock owners’ perception towards the leopards, also evaluated using GLM, was primarily influenced by cultural perception. The largely negative perception, could largely be attributed to local narratives.