HWCM - Ministry of Environment and Tourism
HWCM - Ministry of Environment and Tourism
HWCM - Ministry of Environment and Tourism
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National Workshop on Human Wildlife Conflict Management 2005<br />
Conflict<br />
type/<br />
animal<br />
Carnivores<br />
List <strong>of</strong><br />
approaches<br />
Pros Cons Current /<br />
potential<br />
barriers &<br />
solutions<br />
Infrastructure • Prevents conflict. • Very labour intensive<br />
– especially with<br />
kraals;<br />
• Large-scale;<br />
• Expensive;<br />
• Maintenance –<br />
especially with<br />
fences;<br />
• Non-physical<br />
boundaries:<br />
habituation <strong>and</strong><br />
adaptation <strong>of</strong> animals;<br />
• Restrictive, affecting<br />
other species;<br />
• Kraal has to be<br />
species-specific.<br />
Livestock<br />
management<br />
(including<br />
relocation)<br />
• Obvious. • Extra costs involved<br />
to individuals;<br />
• Social/cultural issues;<br />
• Practical<br />
considerations in<br />
desert areas;<br />
• Translocation: shortterm<br />
solution.<br />
Shooting • Targets corrects<br />
individual.<br />
• Doesn’t solve issue in<br />
long-run<br />
• If correct animal is not<br />
identified, then no<br />
effect on problem<br />
• Disadvantage <strong>of</strong> using<br />
poison: too many<br />
really severe<br />
consequences;<br />
indiscriminate;<br />
destructive.<br />
Expensive;<br />
impractical for<br />
certain species;<br />
needs to<br />
integrated with<br />
national policy<br />
Targeting correct<br />
individual is<br />
difficult<br />
Tagg observed that issues discussed were closely linked to self-insurance <strong>and</strong> people taking<br />
steps to prevent damage eg kraaling livestock at night.<br />
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