Exploring the causes of and mitigation options for human-predator conflict on game ranches in Botswana: How is coexistence possible?

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dc.contributor.advisorUnderhill, Lesen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBoast, Lorraine Karaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-04T07:13:54Z
dc.date.available2015-05-04T07:13:54Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractLarge carnivores in southern Africa are threatened by habitat loss and persecution by humans. Game ranches have the potential to provide habitat for free-ranging predators, but carnivore depredation on game-stock can result in human-predator conflict, and the industry's role in predator conservation has been described as a gap in knowledge. The density of predators on Botswana commercial farmland was calculated using spoor and camera-trap surveys. Scat-analysis was used to determine the proportion of livestock and game-stock in the cheetah's diet, the species reported to cause the biggest economic losses on Botswana game ranches. Questionnaires to determine the direct costs, drivers and potential mitigation methods of human-predator conflict, were conducted with a representative from 86.2% of registered game ranches in Botswana, plus an additional 27 livestock farmers. The effectiveness of translocating 'problem' predators was analysed using questionnaires with farmers and survival data from 11 GPS-collared 'problem' cheetahs.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBoast, L. K. (2014). <i>Exploring the causes of and mitigation options for human-predator conflict on game ranches in Botswana: How is coexistence possible?</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12722en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBoast, Lorraine Kara. <i>"Exploring the causes of and mitigation options for human-predator conflict on game ranches in Botswana: How is coexistence possible?."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12722en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBoast, L. 2014. Exploring the causes of and mitigation options for human-predator conflict on game ranches in Botswana: How is coexistence possible?. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Boast, Lorraine Kara AB - Large carnivores in southern Africa are threatened by habitat loss and persecution by humans. Game ranches have the potential to provide habitat for free-ranging predators, but carnivore depredation on game-stock can result in human-predator conflict, and the industry's role in predator conservation has been described as a gap in knowledge. The density of predators on Botswana commercial farmland was calculated using spoor and camera-trap surveys. Scat-analysis was used to determine the proportion of livestock and game-stock in the cheetah's diet, the species reported to cause the biggest economic losses on Botswana game ranches. Questionnaires to determine the direct costs, drivers and potential mitigation methods of human-predator conflict, were conducted with a representative from 86.2% of registered game ranches in Botswana, plus an additional 27 livestock farmers. The effectiveness of translocating 'problem' predators was analysed using questionnaires with farmers and survival data from 11 GPS-collared 'problem' cheetahs. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Exploring the causes of and mitigation options for human-predator conflict on game ranches in Botswana: How is coexistence possible? TI - Exploring the causes of and mitigation options for human-predator conflict on game ranches in Botswana: How is coexistence possible? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12722 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBoast LK. Exploring the causes of and mitigation options for human-predator conflict on game ranches in Botswana: How is coexistence possible?. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12722en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleExploring the causes of and mitigation options for human-predator conflict on game ranches in Botswana: How is coexistence possible?en_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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