Jackal Narratives and Predator Control in the Karoo, South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Nattrass, Nicoli | |
| dc.contributor.author | Conradie, Beatrice | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-06T08:12:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-06T08:12:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-06T07:47:00Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper discusses the historical roots of, and scientific evidence for, rival 'jackal narratives' about the problems posed by black-backed jackals (canis mesomelas) for sheep farmers in the Karoo, South Africa. The jackal recolonized farms as government policy changed away from subsidising predator control and as farm employment contracted and sheep farming became less economically and politically important. The influential 'environmental jackal narrative' that lethal control is undesirable and ineffective, is rooted in the science of predator ecology but the linked recommendation that farmers learn to 'live with the jackal' is on less solid ground. The rival 'farmer jackal narrative' that jackal populations need to be suppressed on agricultural land resonates with conservation theories justifying the culling of jackals in national parks. Contestation over values remains important, but these competing plausible hypotheses about jackal control suggest that further scientific studies may be helpful in the construction of policies that are acceptable to both sides. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Nattrass, N., & Conradie, B. (2013). <i>Jackal Narratives and Predator Control in the Karoo, South Africa</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19470 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Nattrass, Nicoli, and Beatrice Conradie <i>Jackal Narratives and Predator Control in the Karoo, South Africa.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19470 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nattrass, N., & Conradie, B. I. (2013). Jackal narratives and predator control in the Karoo, South Africa. Centre for Social Science Research. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Nattrass, Nicoli AU - Conradie, Beatrice AB - This paper discusses the historical roots of, and scientific evidence for, rival 'jackal narratives' about the problems posed by black-backed jackals (canis mesomelas) for sheep farmers in the Karoo, South Africa. The jackal recolonized farms as government policy changed away from subsidising predator control and as farm employment contracted and sheep farming became less economically and politically important. The influential 'environmental jackal narrative' that lethal control is undesirable and ineffective, is rooted in the science of predator ecology but the linked recommendation that farmers learn to 'live with the jackal' is on less solid ground. The rival 'farmer jackal narrative' that jackal populations need to be suppressed on agricultural land resonates with conservation theories justifying the culling of jackals in national parks. Contestation over values remains important, but these competing plausible hypotheses about jackal control suggest that further scientific studies may be helpful in the construction of policies that are acceptable to both sides. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Jackal Narratives and Predator Control in the Karoo, South Africa TI - Jackal Narratives and Predator Control in the Karoo, South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19470 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19470 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Nattrass N, Conradie B. Jackal Narratives and Predator Control in the Karoo, South Africa. 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19470 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Jackal Narratives and Predator Control in the Karoo, South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |