Snow Leopard Survival Strategy - Panthera

Animal Husbandry
Provide training in animal husbandry and veterinary
care to improve monetary return at lower stock levels,
limit exposure to predation, and reduce impacts on pasture
and rangelands.
Research required prior to taking action:
• Identify target area where wildlife and livestock conflicts
exist.
• Determine the nature and extent of the problem from
a wildlife conservation perspective, e.g. overgrazing;
disturbance of key ungulate kidding/lambing areas;
forage competition and disease transference between
wild and domestic ungulates
• Determine baseline data in terms of livestock health
and financial impact of disease
• Determine baseline data on livestock numbers and
financial returns
Action
Guidelines
Policy level
Community level
Steps:
• Review livestock health
policies and practices at
local and national level
• Engage departments of
agriculture and/or livestock
in identifying nature of the
problem and developing
appropriate strategies
• Using PRA methodology, collaboratively determine appropriate
strategies for alleviating the problem, e.g.:
o Improved livestock nutrition
o Improved breeding management
o Improved grazing management
o Supplying basic vaccination services
o Training/capacity building of community vet
o Basic prophylactic measures e.g. vaccination, dusting for
internal and external parasites
o Training/capacity building of community livestock health
and husbandry workers
• Develop strategy that incorporates specific actions to benefit
wildlife e.g. stabilization or reduction of livestock numbers or
avoidance of key wildlife grazing areas or other
• Determine materials, resources and skills required to implement
strategy
• Identify locally available resources and external sources of
support
• If lacking, establish community structure to manage implementation
of the program
• Develop financial business plan to determine financial feasibility
or need for external support, establish appropriate internal
funding mechanisms e.g. fees for vaccinations, etc. and rolling
funds
• Collaboratively determine monitoring protocols and success
indicators
Stakeholders:
• Government livestock departments
• Local government
• Wildlife departments
• District veterinary services
• Development and Conservation
NGO’s
• Micro-Credit services
• Herders
• Absentee livestock owners
• Veterinary care workers
• Livestock husbandry and health workers
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