Impact of wolf (Canis lupus) on animal husbandry in an Apennine province
Predation has always been an important problem in extensive sheep farms, causing serious economic losses to the farmers. In the Province of Lucca, the presence of reproductive wolf packs has already been confirmed in natural reserves, but occasional signs of presence of the predator have been report...
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ftunivpisairis:oai:arpi.unipi.it:11568/677882 2024-02-27T08:39:32+00:00 Impact of wolf (Canis lupus) on animal husbandry in an Apennine province RUSSO, CLAUDIA BIBBIANI, CARLO BAGLINI, ALESSANDRO Mattiello S. Bongi P. Facchini C. Russo, Claudia Mattiello, S. Bibbiani, Carlo Baglini, Alessandro Bongi, P. Facchini, C. 2014 ELETTRONICO http://hdl.handle.net/11568/677882 https://doi.org/10.4081/ijas.2014.3303 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.4081/ijas.2014.3303 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000343702100005 volume:13 issue:3 firstpage:521 lastpage:527 numberofpages:7 journal:ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE http://hdl.handle.net/11568/677882 doi:10.4081/ijas.2014.3303 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84904657410 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.4081/ijas.2014.3303 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Predation canis lupus sheep wildlife conflict info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2014 ftunivpisairis https://doi.org/10.4081/ijas.2014.3303 2024-01-31T17:45:23Z Predation has always been an important problem in extensive sheep farms, causing serious economic losses to the farmers. In the Province of Lucca, the presence of reproductive wolf packs has already been confirmed in natural reserves, but occasional signs of presence of the predator have been reported also in neighbouring areas. The present research has been carried out in this Province (between the Orecchiella Natural Reserve and the medium Serchio Valley), in order to obtain more complete information on the location of the wolf (with transects, wolf- howling and snow-tracking), and to verify the real impact and risk factors of predation on live- stock (by means of on-farm surveys carried out in 42 semi-extensive farms) in this area. The presence of wolf was confirmed in the study area with a minimum of four adult individuals and at least one pup: this pack lives around the peaks of the Apennines in the municipalities covered by this investigation. A growing conflict between the wolf and the sheep and goat farms was observed: since 2007 there have been 25 attacks and three farms can be considered subject to chronic predation. The major risk factors are high altitude, large flock size and lack of fences and of guardian dogs. An accurate knowledge of wolf presence and the identification of the farms mostly at risk can be useful for future planning of interventions aimed at prevention and support of farmers, in order to mitigate the conflict caused by predation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus ARPI - Archivio della Ricerca dell'Università di Pisa Italian Journal of Animal Science 13 3 3303 |
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Predation has always been an important problem in extensive sheep farms, causing serious economic losses to the farmers. In the Province of Lucca, the presence of reproductive wolf packs has already been confirmed in natural reserves, but occasional signs of presence of the predator have been reported also in neighbouring areas. The present research has been carried out in this Province (between the Orecchiella Natural Reserve and the medium Serchio Valley), in order to obtain more complete information on the location of the wolf (with transects, wolf- howling and snow-tracking), and to verify the real impact and risk factors of predation on live- stock (by means of on-farm surveys carried out in 42 semi-extensive farms) in this area. The presence of wolf was confirmed in the study area with a minimum of four adult individuals and at least one pup: this pack lives around the peaks of the Apennines in the municipalities covered by this investigation. A growing conflict between the wolf and the sheep and goat farms was observed: since 2007 there have been 25 attacks and three farms can be considered subject to chronic predation. The major risk factors are high altitude, large flock size and lack of fences and of guardian dogs. An accurate knowledge of wolf presence and the identification of the farms mostly at risk can be useful for future planning of interventions aimed at prevention and support of farmers, in order to mitigate the conflict caused by predation. |
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Impact of wolf (Canis lupus) on animal husbandry in an Apennine province |
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Impact of wolf (Canis lupus) on animal husbandry in an Apennine province |
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Impact of wolf (Canis lupus) on animal husbandry in an Apennine province |
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Impact of wolf (Canis lupus) on animal husbandry in an Apennine province |
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Impact of wolf (Canis lupus) on animal husbandry in an Apennine province |
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