Author Archives: Nathan Lyle
Carnivore–Livestock Conflicts in Chile: Evidence and Methods for Mitigation
July 3, 2019
Human population growth and habitat loss have exacerbated human–wildlife conflicts worldwide. We explored trends in human–wildlife conflicts (HWCs) in Chile using scientific and official reports to identify areas and species with higher risk of conflicts and tools available for their … read more
Posted in Non-Lethal Management Tools | Tagged carnivore, chile, conflicts, evidence, livestock, methods, mitigation
Reducing Conflict with Grizzly Bears, Wolves, and Elk – a Western Landowner’s Guide
July 3, 2019
Western Landowners Alliance is deeply grateful for the landowners and ranchers, resource managers and others listed below whose collective knowledge and hands-on experience created the substance of this guide. This guide is a compilation of contributions from each of these … read more
Posted in Non-Lethal Management Tools | Tagged bears, conflict, grizzly, landowner, reducing, western, wolves
A Livestock Guardian Dog by Any Other Name: Similar Response to Wolves Across Livestock Guardian Dog Breeds
July 3, 2019
Nonlethal tools for reducing livestock depredations, such as livestock guardian dogs (LGDs; Canis familiaris), reduce lethal management of livestock predators and have been widely adopted by domestic sheep (Ovis aries) producers in the United States. However, compared with their success … read more
Posted in Non-Lethal Management Tools | Tagged across, guardian, livestock, other, response, similar, wolves
Carnivore Conservation Needs Evidence-Based Livestock Protection
July 3, 2019
Carnivore predation on livestock often leads people to retaliate. Persecution by humans has contributed strongly to global endangerment of carnivores. Preventing livestock losses would help to achieve three goals common to many human societies: preserve nature, protect animal welfare, and … read more
Posted in Non-Lethal Management Tools | Tagged based, carnivore, conservation, evidence, livestock, needs, protection
Nonlethal Methods to Prevent Conflicts Between Livestock and Wolves
July 3, 2019
While livestock losses from wolf predation are relatively low in Minnesota, reducing wolf-livestock conflicts is critical to helping Minnesota’s farmers, wolves, and communities co-exist and thrive.
Posted in Non-Lethal Management Tools | Tagged between, conflicts, livestock, methods, nonlethal, prevent, wolves
Dogs can Ranchers and Predators Co-Exist?
July 3, 2019
Watch this video and learn how it works! Ranchers who struggle to coexist with large predators are finding new hope in old dog breeds.
Posted in Non-Lethal Management Tools | Tagged exist, predators, ranchers
