The practice of allowing cattle to freely range, unguarded, in the forest was identified as the primary factor causing high livestock losses to dholes.Ĭonclusions. Annual income from livestock contributes 21% to the total annual revenues of farmers in the study area. The annual average number of livestock killed by dholes was 0.19 per household, which is ∼2% of the total household income and ∼11% of income derived from livestock. The results showed that dholes kill more livestock than do common leopards and tigers, the two other known livestock predators in the study area. Additional data on livestock populations and losses were obtained from the Renewable Natural Resources Census at the subdistrict.
Respondents provided information on their farming activities and household income, as well as on predation losses of cattle, goats, pigs, chickens, cats and dogs caused by dholes, tigers and leopards between 20. We conducted a questionnaire survey of 147 farming households in three zones of the Toebesa subdistrict of Punakha, Bhutan. To survey farmers and document their livestock losses, as well as estimate the value of livestock losses and the causes of predation.
Livestock losses as a result depredation by wild animals is a major cause of conflict with farmers, threatening their livelihoods, and causing a negative attitude that can lead to retaliatory killing of wildlife.Īims. This is also true for Bhutan, where dholes or wild dogs ( Cuon alpinus), leopards and tigers constitute a menace to the livestock of farmers. Human–wildlife conflict is a serious impediment to conservation efforts worldwide.
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