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| Kissui, B.; Packer, C. | |
| Spatial-Temporal Range-Use Pattern, Livestock Predation and Conservation Needs for the Tarangire Lions in Northern Tanzania | |
| 2007 Conference Proceeding | |
The long-term conservation prospects for lion populations in many migratory ecosystems will depend on resolving conflicts with humans. We analyze the seasonal movement patterns of lions in the greater Tarangire ecosystem and assess how such patterns influence livestock predation. While the Tarangire lions remain safely within the confines of the National Park in the dry season, they spend considerable time outside the park in the wet season. The neighboring Maasai suffer extensive livestock depredation during the wet season, and they retaliate by killing lions in proportion to the number of livestock killed. Between January 2004 and July 2005, 76 lions were killed by pastoralists in retaliation against livestock predation, while 215 livestock including cattle, shoats, and donkeys and dogs were attacked by lions. We are testing several intervention strategies that directly reduce livestock predation rates, as well as education programs to pastoralist communities, incentive and outreach programs that increase pastoralists' tolerance to carnivores, and governmental policies that expressly address human-carnivore conflicts. |
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