The roles of black-backed jackals and caracals in issues of human-wildlife conflict in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Murison, Megan Kate

Title: The roles of black-backed jackals and caracals in issues of human-wildlife conflict in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Title: The perceived effectiveness of mesopredator control techniques and the mammalian diet of black-backed jackals in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Creator: Murison, Megan Kate
Subject: Black-backed jackal -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Human-animal relationships -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Predatory animals -- Control -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Black-backed jackal -- Food -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Black-backed jackal -- Effect of human beings on -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Date Issued: 2015
Date: 2015
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MSc
Identifier: vital:5939
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1018667
Description: [Partial abstract]: Human-wildlife conflict is a widely observed phenomenon and encompasses a range of negative interactions between humans and wildlife. Depredation upon livestock and game species proves to be the prevalent form of this conflict and often results in the killing of carnivores. Within the South African context, despite intense lethal control, two sympatric mesopredators, the blackbacked jackal (Canis mesomelas) and the caracal (Caracal caracal), remain common enough to be considered a major threat to human livelihoods through depredation. Wildlife ranches and livestock farms dominate the landscape in the Eastern Cape Province. Moreover, human-predator conflict within the region is extensive as both the black-backed jackal and caracal are seen to be inimical by landowners. Understanding this conflict is essential for mitigating any potential adverse environmental reactions (i.e. range collapses or extinctions) and requires knowledge of anthropogenic, ecological and environmental factors. I interviewed 73 land owners across five municipal boundaries in the Eastern Cape to quantify perceptions of predator control methods.
Format: 132 p.
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Science, Zoology and Entomology
Language: English
Rights: Murison, Megan Kate

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