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Understanding people’s responses toward predators in the Indian Himalaya
Animal Conservation ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-11 , DOI: 10.1111/acv.12647
S. Bhatia _{1,

2,

3} , K. Suryawanshi _{1,

2} , S. M. Redpath ₄ , C. Mishra _{1,

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Affiliation

Research on human–wildlife interactions has largely focused on the magnitude of wildlife-caused damage, and the patterns and correlates of human attitudes and behaviors. We assessed the role of five pathways through which various correlates potentially influence human responses toward wild animals, namely, value orientation, social interactions (i.e. social cohesion and support), dependence on resources such as agriculture and livestock, risk perception and nature of interaction with the wild animal. We specifically evaluated their influence on people’s responses toward two large carnivores, the snow leopard Panthera uncia and the wolf Canis lupus in an agropastoral landscape in the Indian Trans-Himalaya. We found that the nature of the interaction (location, impact and length of time since an encounter or depredation event), and risk perception (cognitive and affective evaluation of the threat posed by the animal) had a significant influence on attitudes and behaviors toward the snow leopard. For wolves, risk perception and social interactions (the relationship of people with local institutions and inter-community dynamics) were significant. Our findings underscore the importance of interventions that reduce people’s threat perceptions from carnivores, improve their connection with nature and strengthen the conservation capacity of local institutions especially in the context of wolves.

中文翻译：

了解人们对印度喜马拉雅山捕食者的反应

人类与野生动物相互作用的研究主要集中在野生动物造成的破坏的程度，以及人类态度和行为的模式和相关性。我们评估了五种途径的作用，通过这些途径，各种相关性可能影响人类对野生动物的反应，即价值取向、社会互动（即社会凝聚力和支持）、对农业和牲畜等资源的依赖、风险感知以及与野生动物互动的性质。野生动物。我们专门评估了它们对人们对两种大型食肉动物——雪豹Panthera uncia和狼Canis lupus 反应的影响在印度跨喜马拉雅山的农牧景观中。我们发现相互作用的性质（位置、影响和自遭遇或掠夺事件后的时间长度）和风险感知（对动物构成的威胁的认知和情感评估）对人们的态度和行为有显着影响。雪豹。对于狼来说，风险感知和社会互动（人与当地机构和社区间动态的关系）很重要。我们的研究结果强调了干预措施的重要性，这些干预措施可以减少人们对食肉动物的威胁感知，改善他们与自然的联系，并加强当地机构的保护能力，尤其是在狼的背景下。

更新日期：2020-10-11

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