Human wildlife conflict involving large carnivores in Qilianshan, China and the minimal paw-print of snow leopards ...

• Main Authors: Alexander, Justine, Chen, Pengju, Damerell, Peter, Youkui, Wang, Hughes, Joelene, Shi, Kun, Riordan, Philip
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Chordata; Animalia; bats; bat; Canis lupus; Ursus arctos; Lynx; Lynx lynx lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13515005; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.13515005

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) In this paper, we assess local perceptions towards snow leopards in North West China using a framework depicting key conflict domains. We describe the perceived threats posed to humans by the snow leopard and set them within beliefs and attitudes towards other species within the large carnivore assemblage in this region. Surveys were conducted in seven villages within Qilianshan National Nature Reserve, Gansu Province, China, to document reports of snow leopard (Panthera uncia), grey wolf (Canis lupus), Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) depredation of livestock, and local attitudes towards each species. Questionnaire-based interviews were held with 60 households and 49 livestock herders. Herding of yak, sheep and goats was found to be a common livelihood activity among households in all villages. Herders reported losing livestock to all four carnivore species. Herders reported that depredation was the most common event affecting ...