Attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the African wild dog conservation landscape in the greater Kruger National Park

The survival of wildlife ultimately relies on its acceptability to humans. The African wild dog Lycaon pictus is an endangered species that often comes into conflict with humans. Currently, the only viable population in South Africa resides in the Kruger National Park (KNP). To begin to understand t...

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Main Authors: Parker, DM, Watermeyer, JP, Davies-Mostert, HT, Beverley, G, Marnewick, K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inter-Research 2018-07-01
Series:Endangered Species Research
Online Access:https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v36/p173-181/
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author Parker, DM
Watermeyer, JP
Davies-Mostert, HT
Beverley, G
Marnewick, K
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description The survival of wildlife ultimately relies on its acceptability to humans. The African wild dog Lycaon pictus is an endangered species that often comes into conflict with humans. Currently, the only viable population in South Africa resides in the Kruger National Park (KNP). To begin to understand the acceptability of wild dogs outside this important wild dog stronghold, we interviewed private landowners (n = 186) along the KNP western and southern boundaries. Respondents generally held positive attitudes towards wild dogs and had a good knowledge of them. Attitudes were also more positive when the property was part of a conservancy, indicating that the conservation landscape for wild dogs on private land outside the KNP is promising. However, the impact of edge effects such as disease transmission should not be ignored in future research, and creative solutions for mitigating these effects must be sought to ensure the future conservation of wild dogs.
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spelling doaj.art-8a5428f65bde4de08ffdcc8a3c314d102022-12-21T17:58:33ZengInter-ResearchEndangered Species Research1863-54071613-47962018-07-013617318110.3354/esr00905Attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the African wild dog conservation landscape in the greater Kruger National ParkParker, DMWatermeyer, JPDavies-Mostert, HTBeverley, GMarnewick, KThe survival of wildlife ultimately relies on its acceptability to humans. The African wild dog Lycaon pictus is an endangered species that often comes into conflict with humans. Currently, the only viable population in South Africa resides in the Kruger National Park (KNP). To begin to understand the acceptability of wild dogs outside this important wild dog stronghold, we interviewed private landowners (n = 186) along the KNP western and southern boundaries. Respondents generally held positive attitudes towards wild dogs and had a good knowledge of them. Attitudes were also more positive when the property was part of a conservancy, indicating that the conservation landscape for wild dogs on private land outside the KNP is promising. However, the impact of edge effects such as disease transmission should not be ignored in future research, and creative solutions for mitigating these effects must be sought to ensure the future conservation of wild dogs.https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v36/p173-181/
spellingShingle Parker, DM
Watermeyer, JP
Davies-Mostert, HT
Beverley, G
Marnewick, K
Attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the African wild dog conservation landscape in the greater Kruger National Park
Endangered Species Research
title Attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the African wild dog conservation landscape in the greater Kruger National Park
title_full Attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the African wild dog conservation landscape in the greater Kruger National Park
title_fullStr Attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the African wild dog conservation landscape in the greater Kruger National Park
title_full_unstemmed Attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the African wild dog conservation landscape in the greater Kruger National Park
title_short Attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the African wild dog conservation landscape in the greater Kruger National Park
title_sort attitudes and tolerance of private landowners shape the african wild dog conservation landscape in the greater kruger national park
url https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v36/p173-181/
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