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Predator control should not be a shot in the dark | EcoTone: news and views on ecological science

Predator control should not be a shot in the dark | EcoTone: news and views on ecological science | Biodiversité | Scoop.it

Although the protection of livestock from predators like wolves, cougars, and bears is hotly contested in the United States and Europe, control methods are rarely subjected to rigorous scientific testing. Non-lethal methods face higher standards of evidence—and are also generally more effective than killing predators, say Adrian Teves, Miha Krofel and Jeannine McManus. The trio conducted a systematic review of the available evidence. Their report “Predator control should not be a shot in the dark” appears in the September 2016 issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

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Etude reprise sur le site du WWF  "L’abattage des grands prédateurs fait augmenter ou reste sans effet sur le nombre d’attaques du bétail dans plus de 70% des cas : c’est ce que démontre l’étude publiée jeudi dans la revue Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. A l’inverse, les méthodes préservant la vie du loup, comme la protection des troupeaux, permet de réduire le nombre d’attaques sur le bétail dans 80% des cas étudiés."
Auteurs de l'étude parue dans Frontiers in ecology and the Environment publiée par la société américaine d'écologie :  Adrian Treves, Miha Krofel, Jeannine McManus First Published: 1 September 2016 Vol: 14, Pages: 380–388 DOI: 10.1002/fee.1312
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Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes

The conservation of large carnivores is a formidable challenge for biodiversity conservation. Using a data set on the past and current status of brown bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), gray wolves (Canis lupus), and wolverines (Gulo gulo) in European countries, we show that roughly one-third of mainland Europe hosts at least one large carnivore species, with stable or increasing abundance in most cases in 21st-century records.

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Article paru dans Science Vol 346, Issue 6216 19 December 2014 dont le résumé se termine ainsi : "The European situation reveals that large carnivores and people can share the same landscape."

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