Abstract

PENA-MONDRAGON, Juan L.  and  CASTILLO, Alicia. Livestock predation by jaguars and other carnivores in Northeastern Mexico. Therya [online]. 2013, vol.4, n.3, pp.431-446. ISSN 2007-3364.  https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-13-153.

The principal factors that contribute to the conservation of large carnivorous mammals are, the increase in human density, the amount of remnant natural habitat, land use change and hunting (of the species and their natural preys). In order to take effective conservation actions is necessary to understand all the dimensions of the human-carnivore conflict. One alternative is to assess the economic damage caused by carnivores on cattle a herd which is a major cause of their persecution and elimination. Damage assessed by jaguar in southern of Nuevo Leon. At the same time, we evaluated the economic damage of black bear, coyote, cougar, bobcat and gray fox in order to compare the economic value of damages to livestock. Eighty people were surveyed in 60 rural communities. Economic damages in livestock (in USD) were 134,253 in 1992-2010. By species these were: black bear 43,077; jaguar 39,016; cougar 17,057; coyote 28,492; bob cat 4,095 and gray fox 2,514. Knowing the damage that the jaguar and other carnivores have on the economy of peasant's families is essential for the design of mitigation strategies that lead to conflict and that conduce to achieving the conservation of the jaguar.

Keywords : Panthera onca; human - wildlife conflict; conservation; Nuevo León.

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