Use of Livestock Guarding Dogs to Reduce Human-Cheetah Conflict

摘要: Mitigating conflict between livestock farmers and cheetahs is key to conserving the species. Livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) have been used reduce losses carnivores around world. In Africa, cheetah conservation organizations introduced purebred Anatolian Shepherds, encouraged use of local dogs, experimented with crossbreeding dogs. The resulting research has provided insights into how LGDs work under African conditions, their against large carnivore guild. this chapter, we examine effectiveness LGDs, both in terms reducing a cost-effective manner preventing retaliatory killing other carnivores. Furthermore, discuss various factors contributing LGD effectiveness, for example, behavioral training, working breeding. Finally, future as means human-cheetah mitigation.