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| Athreva, V.R. | |
| Is relocation a viable management option for unwanted animals? The case of the leopard in India | |
| 2006 Conservation and Society (4): 419-423 | |
A raging debate continues between social and wildlife scientists in our country on the relocation of people from parks to decrease conflicting interests of wildlife conservation and the local people. The goal of such relocations is to enhance the conservation of threatened species like the tiger. Another facet of the same issue which is as important but not usually considered is of animals creating problems to human lives in man-modified landscapes. The common method of dealing with the latter is the relocation of the animals causing the problem. Animal problems in human-dominated landscapes are of different shapes, sizes and intensities - ranging from a sighting of a potentially dangerous species (leopards/snakes/elephants, etc.) to attacks on people (by rabid dogs, aggressive monkeys, leopards or other wild animals). Over-population of wild animals (over-populated zoos, captive facilities, rescue centres), feral cattle (raiding crops) and feral dogs (attacking people and livestock) can also be categorised as animal problems. Thus, stray dogs, leopards, monkeys, and snakes are removed from an area where they are perceived to be a problem and released elsewhere - almost never informing the people that such releases are taking place near their inhabitations. |
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