Problem-elephant translocation: translocating the problem and the elephant?

Human-elephant conflict (HEC) threatens the survival of endangered Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Translocating "problem-elephants" is an important HEC mitigation and elephant conservation strategy across elephant range, with hundreds translocated annually. In the first comprehensive a...

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Main Authors: Prithiviraj Fernando, Peter Leimgruber, Tharaka Prasad, Jennifer Pastorini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3517608?pdf=render