Public Opinion Regarding Human-Monkey Conflict in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Chauhan, Anurag; Pirta, Raghubir Singh

doi:10.1080/09709274.2010.11906279

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“…With increasing human populations and associated urban development, humans and primates are coming into increasing contact within urban landscapes, yet relatively few studies have focused on this interface. Certain species are known to coexist with humans in urban areas, including rhesus macaques and hanuman langurs in India (Chauhan & Pirta, 2010), hamadryas baboons in Saudi Arabia (Biquand, Boug, Biquand-Guyot, & Gautier, 1994) and chacma baboons in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa (Hoffman & O'Riain, 2010).…”

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Living With Urban Baboons: Exploring Attitudes and Their Implications for Local Baboon Conservation and Management in Knysna, South Africa

Mormile

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2016

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

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Humans and primates are coming into increasing contact within urban landscapes. Few studies have investigated how the impacts of living alongside urban primates affect residents' perceptions of primates. Perceptions have been shown to play a role in conservation interest and management of other urban wildlife species. A survey of suburban residents in Knysna, South Africa was used to explore the relationships between attitudes, level of perceived threat and extent to which baboons were considered a problem, support for local baboon conservation and preferred baboon management strategies. Results indicated that perceived threat was associated with less positive attitudes towards baboons, a greater perceived problem, decreased concern for baboon conservation, and increased advocacy for their lethal removal. This article illustrates the link between respondent perceptions and acceptance of urban primates and the need for further investigation for the wellbeing of both humans and primates.

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Living With Urban Baboons: Exploring Attitudes and Their Implications for Local Baboon Conservation and Management in Knysna, South Africa

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2016

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

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“…menace has now reached epic proportions with estimated loss of more than 3000 crores in India, While, in Himachal Pradesh direct and indirect damage to farm produce is estimated around Rs.1000 crore annually [3]. In Jammu and Kashmir about 250 villages in Jammu lose farm produce worth Rs 33 crore every year because of attacks by wild monkeys [4]. But it is strongly believed that exact estimates are much higher, around 300 -500 crores and like Uttarakhand many village residents opt to sell their farmlands than grow crops in Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Reasi, Udhampur, Ramban, Rajouri, and Poonch districts.…”

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Innovative sound device that repel monkeys and its scientific validation in Jammu

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2019

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Increasing human-animal conflicts are posing enormous threat to food insecurity for small resource poor hilly farmers living in and around traditional forest areas. A recent survey undertaken in Hill agriculture including Jammu and Kashmir suggested that many affected residents believe five major problems viz dwindling water resources and dry spells, invasion by exotic weeds like Lantana and Parthenium in pastures and grazing lands, Rhesus monkey menace and diminishing returns from agro commodities that have worsened the livelihood of farmers, leading to large scale migration and leaving families dependent on state-subsidised food rations. The worst sufferer of monkey menace is hilly states viz Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Nevertheless, other states like Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu , Bihar and Delhi are also struggling to contain assaults by monkeys [1,2]. The Innovative sound device that repel monkeys and its scientific validation in Jammu

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“…hunting, religion, folklore), among others (HOARE, 2001;MICHALSKI et al, 2006;TREVES et al, 2006;CHAUHAN;PIRTA, 2010;DICKMAN, 2010;ALVES et al, 2012;LIU et al, 2013). At the epicenter of this scenario there are roads, since they are crucial for human geographic dispersal and have been identiied, in many studies, as the cause of important impacts on the environment (FORMAN; ALEXANDER, 1998;TROMBULAK;FRISSELL, 2000;DISTEFANO, 2005;AMENT et al, 2008; VAN DER REE et al, 2011).…”

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Less charismatic animals are more likely to be “road killed”: human attitudes towards small animals in Brazilian roads

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ResumoAnimais menos carismáticos são mais propensos a atropelamento: atitudes humanas em relação a pequenos animais nas estradas brasileiras. Estradas são fontes longas e intermitentes de diminuição da vida selvagem devido aos seus efeitos indiretos, como fragmentação de hábitat, ou seus efeitos diretos, como a constante mortalidade por atropelamentos. Assim, alguns estudos indicam que parte desses atropelamentos pode ser intencional e passível de ser evitada. Nós investigamos se diferentes grupos de pequenos animais apresentaram diferentes taxas de atropelamento e como o "carisma" afeta as chances de sobrevivência de um animal nas rodovias. Durante nosso experimento, nós quantiicamos as taxas de atropelamento de modelos de aranhas, serpentes, pintos e folhas de árvore (controle) em três rodovias de diferentes volumes de tráfego. Constatamos que serpentes e aranhas foram consistentemente atropeladas com maior frequência que os pintos e as folhas. Também observamos que os pintos foram os únicos modelos resgatados pelos humanos. Concluímos que as chances de sobrevivência dos pintos é a maior entre os modelos testados e isso se deve ao valor carismático atribuído a eles pelos seres humanos, em comparação a serpentes e aranhas. Sugerimos a veiculação de campanhas na mídia que visem a aumentar a conscientização do público quanto à conservação da vida selvagem como uma ferramenta útil para solucionar o problema do atropelamento intencional de pequenos animais. Palavras-chave:Aranhas; Conlitos com a vida selvagem; Conservação; Ecologia de estradas; Serpentes AbstractRoads are long and intermittent sources of wildlife loss due to their indirect effects, such as fragmentation of habitat, or their direct effects, such as constant mortality by run-over. Thus, some studies indicate that a portion of these run-over incidents may be intentional and could be avoided. We investigated whether various groups of small animals had different run-over rates and how "charisma" affects the survival chances of an animal on the roads. During our experiment, we quantiied run-over rates for models of spiders, snakes, chicks, and tree leaves (control) on three roads with different trafic volumes. We found out that snakes and spiders were consistently ran over with a higher frequency than chicks and leaves. We also observed that chicks were the only models rescued by human beings. We concluded that the survival chances of chicks are the highest among the models tested and this is due to the charismatic value attributed to them by human beings, when compared to snakes and spiders. We suggest the broadcasting of campaigns in the media to increase public awareness regarding wildlife conservation as a useful tool to solve the problem of intentional run over of small animals.

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Public Opinion Regarding Human-Monkey Conflict in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

Living With Urban Baboons: Exploring Attitudes and Their Implications for Local Baboon Conservation and Management in Knysna, South Africa

Living With Urban Baboons: Exploring Attitudes and Their Implications for Local Baboon Conservation and Management in Knysna, South Africa

Innovative sound device that repel monkeys and its scientific validation in Jammu

Less charismatic animals are more likely to be “road killed”: human attitudes towards small animals in Brazilian roads

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