Foxes, people and hens: human dimensions of a conflict in a rural area of southern Chile

Human-carnivore conflict has been recognized as one of the main threats to carnivore conservation. When small livestock or poultry are available, small carnivores will likely prey upon them. Centinela -a rural área located in Southern Chile where chillas (Lycalopex griseus Gray) and small farmers co...

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Autores principales:	SILVA-RODRÍGUEZ,EDUARDO A, SOTO-GAMBOA,MAURICIO, ORTEGA-SOLÍS,GABRIEL R, JIMÉNEZ,JAIME E
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2009
Materias:	carnivore conservation human attitudes human-wildlife conflicts Lycalopex griseus subsistence farming
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0716-078X20090003000052009-11-19Foxes, people and hens: human dimensions of a conflict in a rural area of southern ChileSILVA-RODRÍGUEZ,EDUARDO ASOTO-GAMBOA,MAURICIOORTEGA-SOLÍS,GABRIEL RJIMÉNEZ,JAIME E carnivore conservation human attitudes human-wildlife conflicts Lycalopex griseus subsistence farming Human-carnivore conflict has been recognized as one of the main threats to carnivore conservation. When small livestock or poultry are available, small carnivores will likely prey upon them. Centinela -a rural área located in Southern Chile where chillas (Lycalopex griseus Gray) and small farmers coexist- was chosen as a study site. To understand potential conflicts we conducted interviews to assess local knowledge, experiences, and attitudes toward this fox and small stock management. Almost a third of the interviewed people reported the loss of poultry during the last year due to chillas, which was confirmed by dietary analysis in a parallel study. Consequently, most research participants (67.4 %) had negative attitudes toward the chilla. Management appeared to be related to poultry losses, since no losses were reported when poultry was confined in henhouses, suggesting that continuous confinement was an effective measure to prevent the conflict. The negative attitudes are further reflected in that most people reported to have killed at least one chilla.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileRevista chilena de historia natural v.82 n.3 20092009-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2009000300005en10.4067/S0716-078X2009000300005
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spellingShingle	carnivore conservation human attitudes human-wildlife conflicts Lycalopex griseus subsistence farming SILVA-RODRÍGUEZ,EDUARDO A SOTO-GAMBOA,MAURICIO ORTEGA-SOLÍS,GABRIEL R JIMÉNEZ,JAIME E Foxes, people and hens: human dimensions of a conflict in a rural area of southern Chile
description	Human-carnivore conflict has been recognized as one of the main threats to carnivore conservation. When small livestock or poultry are available, small carnivores will likely prey upon them. Centinela -a rural área located in Southern Chile where chillas (Lycalopex griseus Gray) and small farmers coexist- was chosen as a study site. To understand potential conflicts we conducted interviews to assess local knowledge, experiences, and attitudes toward this fox and small stock management. Almost a third of the interviewed people reported the loss of poultry during the last year due to chillas, which was confirmed by dietary analysis in a parallel study. Consequently, most research participants (67.4 %) had negative attitudes toward the chilla. Management appeared to be related to poultry losses, since no losses were reported when poultry was confined in henhouses, suggesting that continuous confinement was an effective measure to prevent the conflict. The negative attitudes are further reflected in that most people reported to have killed at least one chilla.
author	SILVA-RODRÍGUEZ,EDUARDO A SOTO-GAMBOA,MAURICIO ORTEGA-SOLÍS,GABRIEL R JIMÉNEZ,JAIME E
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title	Foxes, people and hens: human dimensions of a conflict in a rural area of southern Chile
title_short	Foxes, people and hens: human dimensions of a conflict in a rural area of southern Chile
title_full	Foxes, people and hens: human dimensions of a conflict in a rural area of southern Chile
title_fullStr	Foxes, people and hens: human dimensions of a conflict in a rural area of southern Chile
title_full_unstemmed	Foxes, people and hens: human dimensions of a conflict in a rural area of southern Chile
title_sort	foxes, people and hens: human dimensions of a conflict in a rural area of southern chile
publisher	Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate	2009
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Foxes, people and hens: human dimensions of a conflict in a rural area of southern Chile

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