Human-wildlife conflicts influence attitudes but not necessarily behaviors: Factors driving the poaching of bears in China

Shared resources between giant panda and sympatric wild and domestic mammals

“…The continued positive association outside of bamboo forests, even when giant panda detections were very low, supports the hypothesis that the association is not habitat related. However, the Asiatic black bears are under severe poaching threats, as the bears are killed mainly for their gall bladder and paws (Liu et al, 2011). In our study, the shared occupancy of Asiatic black bear and giant panda might represent the occurrence of less poaching pressures within better managed reserves (Wang et al, 2006).…”

“…The frequent human-wildlife conflicts involving Asiatic black bears along the boundaries of reserves (Liu et al, 2011) make reserve managers reluctant to support increased bear numbers, especially if such an increase threatened their primary mission of increasing giant panda populations. The positive co-occurrence pattern between giant panda and Asiatic black bear was unexpected.…”

Community Opinions about African Wild Dog Conservation and Relocations near the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

“…Conservation of endangered species inhabiting community land is largely dependent on local people's knowledge and perception of the species, as this in turn influences their behaviour. The local people's perception on species management have been reported in several studies (Inskip et al, 2016;Liu et al, 2011;Schuette et al, 2013;Zimmermann et al, 2010).…”

“…Abram et al (2015) reported that local knowledge on endangered species should be incorporated in species conservation plans and management. Thus, indigenous communities' knowledge of biological diversity conservation has been suggested as a key component for a successful management of a species (Abram et al, 2015;Iftekhar & Takama, 2008;Lindsey et al, 2005;Liu et al, 2011). Conservation of endangered species inhabiting community land is largely dependent on local people's knowledge and perception of the species, as this in turn influences their behaviour.…”

Interspecies Violence and Crimes of Dissent: Communication Ethics and Legitimacy in Message Crimes Involving Wildlife

“…First, there appears to be genuine hatred toward wolves among some hunting factions; wolf kills are described as crimes of passion resulting from grief and resentment over the loss of one's hunting dog, for example, or the maiming of sheep in one's pen (Skogen et al 2013;Peltola and Heikkilä 2015). So-called large carnivore retaliatory killings constitutes a chapter unto itself in human-wildlife conflict literature (Liu et al 2011) and is a particularly strong current in the research conducted on hunters' relationship with wolves in the Nordic countries. Here, hatred and fear form ''contagious and socially acceptable feelings'' (Peltola and Heikkilä 2015, p. 719) as drivers of illegal killings (Pyka et al 2007;Tøn-nessen 2010).…”