Carnivore Damage Prevention News

Large carnivores are recently returning to areas lost long ago in many parts of Europe. They are in conflict with humans, who have forgotten how to coexist with these animals. Concerned is, above all, animal husbandry. The tradition to protect livestock against predator attacks has vanished in large parts of Europe, but has been maintained in others. Modern lifestyle and economical constraints do not encourage livestock owners to manage their animals in the traditional ways, and they may face considerable losses to predators. The large carnivores, however can survive in the long term only if the conflicts with local people can be restrained. Doubtless, protecting livestock, beehives, and orchards against predation is a key to large carnivore conservation.

Many projects in Europe and in other parts of the world deal with damage prevention. Experiences are, however, often not published in international journals, and exchange of information is limited. In particular, experiences with negative results are hardly ever made known, though we all can learn a lot from failures.

The Carnivore Damage Prevention News (CDPNews) is published twice a year in order to facilitate the collaboration between specialists and to improve the exchange of information among carnivore damage prevention projects. CDPNews is meant to be a forum for scientists, conservationists, wildlife managers, and policy markers.

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