Add to ORKGExchanging experience and finding solutions to problems facing the use of livestock guarding dogs (LGDs) in modern societies were among the goals of a meeting organized in Portugal from 20th to 21st October 2015 within the scope of the LIFE MedWolf Project (www.medwolf.eu). The meeting was attended by 16 specialists from around Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Slovakia and Bulgaria), as well as from Australia and the USA. In this article we outline constraints on the use of LGDs identified during the meeting and summarize the main solutions proposed. We have grouped the issues into 10 main topics ranging from a lack of quality dogs to personal, social, cultural, economic, time, management, technical, legal and p...
Livestock guarding dogs (LSGDs) have been used for centuries to reduce depredation on livestock and ...
The dog was the first domesticated species [1]. With the domestication of other species and the daw...
Dogs that protect sheep and goats from predators were relatively unknown as a method of reducing pre...
Exchanging experience and finding solutions to problems facing the use of livestock guarding dogs (L...
Exchanging experience and finding solutions to problems facing the use of livestock guarding dogs (L...
Producer interest in using livestock guardian dogs (Canis lupus familiaris; LGDs) to protect domesti...
Europe and North America share a similar history in the extirpation and subsequent recovery of large...
The use of livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) to prevent depredation is considered to be a powerful cons...
The recent expansion of wolf populations represents a serious challenge for managing human-carnivore...
Published June 1985. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please lo...
Conflicts between wildlife and humans are of global importance and are increasing. These conflicts m...
Livestock operations in California face livestock losses due to a range of carnivore species. Simult...
Wild predators can form a threat to livestock production all over the world. Lethal methods are ofte...
The author discusses challenges in developing effective policies for stray dog control. Stray dog sy...
Livestock depredation by carnivores is a key cause of human-wildlife conflict around the world. Rece...
Livestock guarding dogs (LSGDs) have been used for centuries to reduce depredation on livestock and ...
The dog was the first domesticated species [1]. With the domestication of other species and the daw...
Dogs that protect sheep and goats from predators were relatively unknown as a method of reducing pre...
Exchanging experience and finding solutions to problems facing the use of livestock guarding dogs (L...
Exchanging experience and finding solutions to problems facing the use of livestock guarding dogs (L...
Producer interest in using livestock guardian dogs (Canis lupus familiaris; LGDs) to protect domesti...
Europe and North America share a similar history in the extirpation and subsequent recovery of large...
The use of livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) to prevent depredation is considered to be a powerful cons...
The recent expansion of wolf populations represents a serious challenge for managing human-carnivore...
Published June 1985. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please lo...
Conflicts between wildlife and humans are of global importance and are increasing. These conflicts m...
Livestock operations in California face livestock losses due to a range of carnivore species. Simult...
Wild predators can form a threat to livestock production all over the world. Lethal methods are ofte...
The author discusses challenges in developing effective policies for stray dog control. Stray dog sy...
Livestock depredation by carnivores is a key cause of human-wildlife conflict around the world. Rece...
Livestock guarding dogs (LSGDs) have been used for centuries to reduce depredation on livestock and ...
The dog was the first domesticated species [1]. With the domestication of other species and the daw...
Dogs that protect sheep and goats from predators were relatively unknown as a method of reducing pre...