Author Archives: Nathan Lyle
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.
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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.
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Canine Efficiency
July 3, 2019
National Wolfwatcher Coalition Board Member, Kriszta Fecske, interviewed Ray Dorgelo, Initiator and Owner of Canine Efficiency. Ray lives in the Romanian Carpathian Mountain region Transylvania with his wife, Jenny. With Canine Efficiency, he works on effective, non lethal conflict prevention … read more
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Cattle Mortality on a Predator-Friendly Station in Central Australia
July 3, 2019
Large predators are declining worldwide primarily due to hunting and persecution by humans, driven in large part by the livestock industry. Some ranchers are transitioning to “predator-friendly” farming by adopting nonlethal predator deterrents. On very large rangeland properties, such as … read more
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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Implementation Of Electric Fencing For Establishing Effective Livestock-protection Dogs
July 3, 2019
To be effective, livestock protection dogs (LPDs) must be carefully integrated with the livestock they will be protecting. Others have developed guidelines to assist producers in this training and assimilation process. In many areas fencing is necessary; however, guidelines for … read more
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Adaptive use of Nonlethal Strategies for Minimizing Wolf–Sheep Conflict in Idaho
July 3, 2019
Worldwide, native predators are killed to protect livestock, an action that can undermine wildlife conservation efforts and create conflicts among stakeholders. An ongoing example is occurring in the western United States, where wolves (Canis lupus) were eradicated by the 1930s … read more
Posted in Non-Lethal Management Tools | Tagged adaptive, conflict, idaho, minimizing, nonlethal, sheep, strategies
