Livestock-predator interactions structure ranchers' perceptions of predators.
We surveyed 274 ranchers in Wyoming using open-answer questions about contemporary livestock-predator themes.
Four themes emerged: 1) difficulty mitigating losses from protected large carnivores; 2) escalating impacts of predatory birds on livestock and wildlife; 3) sustainability of predator management funding; and 4) continual bureaucratic complexities of predator management.
Themes had an underlying thread regarding the tension between state control versus federal control including concern about growing predator populations that may affect both livestock and native wildlife such as greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus).
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13 May 2019
Contemporary Livestock–Predator Themes Identified Through a Wyoming, USA Rancher Survey
Jessica L. Windh,
Barton Stam,
John Derek Scasta
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Rangelands
Vol. 41 • No. 2
April 2019
Vol. 41 • No. 2
April 2019
agriculture
carnivores
conservation
livestock
multiple use