Abstract:In the face of biodiversity crises, some societies are re-examining many human uses of nature. One activity that may once have been unobjectionable has undergone little scrutiny in most countries: hunting mammals with free-running hounds. We present two novel datasets about this under-studied hunting method. In Wisconsin, USA, hounds and gray wolves occasionally interacted aggressively and human by-standers reported adverse interactions with hounds and their handlers. Self-selected samples cannot be used to ex… Show more
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