Shepherds View of Large Carnivore Recovery in the Pyrenees, Spain
The studied farms are small family businesses, and so, in more than half of the cases, their continuity is not guaranteed. Livestock management is typical of a mountain system, in which the animals graze throughout the year in cultivated fields, sown meadows, forests near the farms, and mountain pas...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bfc3022226014e13a04c0c073a7d87c5 2023-07-30T04:02:49+02:00 Shepherds View of Large Carnivore Recovery in the Pyrenees, Spain José Ballarín Alicia García-Serrano Juan Herrero Ramón Reiné 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132088 https://doaj.org/article/bfc3022226014e13a04c0c073a7d87c5 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/13/2088 https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615 doi:10.3390/ani13132088 2076-2615 https://doaj.org/article/bfc3022226014e13a04c0c073a7d87c5 Animals, Vol 13, Iss 2088, p 2088 (2023) extensive sheep farming mountain pastures brown bear wolf Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991 article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132088 2023-07-16T00:35:27Z The studied farms are small family businesses, and so, in more than half of the cases, their continuity is not guaranteed. Livestock management is typical of a mountain system, in which the animals graze throughout the year in cultivated fields, sown meadows, forests near the farms, and mountain pastures during the three summer months. The herds always have the constant surveillance of a shepherd. Farmers consider the current infrastructure present in mountain grasslands insufficient to facilitate the management and care of their herd. Their activity conflicts with various species of wildlife, such as the wild boar, Sus scrofa , roe deer, Capreolus capreolus , or griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus , and large carnivores such as the brown bear, Ursus arctos , or the grey wolf Canis lupus , despite all of them taking preventive measures to defend their herds from predators. The most widely used prevention measures are the presence of mastiff dogs, Canis lupus familiaris , next to the herds and the use of electric fencing to lock up livestock at night. Farmers reject the presence of bears and wolves in their area, considering it a real threat to the continuity of their economic activity, which presents a high degree of vulnerability. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Ursus arctos Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Animals 13 13 2088 |
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The studied farms are small family businesses, and so, in more than half of the cases, their continuity is not guaranteed. Livestock management is typical of a mountain system, in which the animals graze throughout the year in cultivated fields, sown meadows, forests near the farms, and mountain pastures during the three summer months. The herds always have the constant surveillance of a shepherd. Farmers consider the current infrastructure present in mountain grasslands insufficient to facilitate the management and care of their herd. Their activity conflicts with various species of wildlife, such as the wild boar, Sus scrofa , roe deer, Capreolus capreolus , or griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus , and large carnivores such as the brown bear, Ursus arctos , or the grey wolf Canis lupus , despite all of them taking preventive measures to defend their herds from predators. The most widely used prevention measures are the presence of mastiff dogs, Canis lupus familiaris , next to the herds and the use of electric fencing to lock up livestock at night. Farmers reject the presence of bears and wolves in their area, considering it a real threat to the continuity of their economic activity, which presents a high degree of vulnerability. |
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José Ballarín Alicia García-Serrano Juan Herrero Ramón Reiné |
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Shepherds View of Large Carnivore Recovery in the Pyrenees, Spain |
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Shepherds View of Large Carnivore Recovery in the Pyrenees, Spain |
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Shepherds View of Large Carnivore Recovery in the Pyrenees, Spain |
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Shepherds View of Large Carnivore Recovery in the Pyrenees, Spain |
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