EVSC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Caving, Rodent
24 Apr 2018
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They consume a large number of small rodent pests and ungulates. Risk and impact of carnivores in agro agro-ecosystems. Disease / parasite transmission to humans, pets and livestock. The con ict occurs because the agricultural land has pushed into the animals habitat. This often occurs at the interface is where the majority of con ict occurs. This is a conservation challenge and a challenge for management practices to producers. Cow are eaten the most then sheep. Claim of animals have increased because the market value of cows have increases. You have to keep the kill site in tact for someone to come and inspect it. There is no incentives to try and x this problem because they get 100% compensation for their losses. They are encroaching on other land because the land like provincial parks that we let the animals for natural habitat, it isn"t enough to sustain their need so they are coming on our land to get food.
