Unmasking the Cosmopolitan Tiger

Jalais, Annu

doi:10.3167/nc.2008.030103

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“…Wagoba is a tiger/leopard deity worshipped across Maharashtra out of fear and reverence (Athreya et al, ). In the Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh, both Hindus and Muslims associate tigers with the deity Bonbibi who is considered to be the protector of the forest (Jalais, ). Anthropological accounts across South Asia reveal representations of leopards and tigers as protectors of people; following people home on dark, dangerous nights and keeping them safe against evil (Boomgaard, ; Newman, ).…”

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The leopard that learnt from the cat and other narratives of carnivore–human coexistence in northern India

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This study explores the diversity of factors that influence human–leopard relationships in Himachal Pradesh, India. Looking beyond the socio‐economic and ecological dimensions of human–leopard conflict, it documents the multifaceted nature of human–wildlife relationships. We carried out a qualitative analysis of human–leopard interactions based on interviews conducted during an ethnographic study of various stakeholders in the vicinity of a village in Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh, an area with a long history of co‐habitation between leopards and rural inhabitants. We propose that the unique ways in which our participants relate with non‐human beings arose from both culturally informed and experience‐based knowledge systems. Based on the narratives of the everyday interactions between humans and leopards, we propose that the people in the landscape relate to leopards with an underlying belief that leopards are thinking beings. We explore the influence of myth and storytelling in the production of narratives that define the image of the leopard in the landscape. We also underline the possible shortcomings of looking at human–animal dynamics only through the narrow lenses of ecology or socio‐economics during the production of policy and illustrate the consequence of discounting the significance of coexistence‐promoting narratives in shared landscapes. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.

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The leopard that learnt from the cat and other narratives of carnivore–human coexistence in northern India

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“…Our informants were all directly concerned by the topic and engaged in interactive relationships with at least two of the three species in their environment. A survey of the general public knowledge and perceptions in Macedonia could be expected to give different results, notably in urban areas, where people are likely to be more influenced by cosmopolitan views of animals such as large predators (Jalais 2008). A more general human dimension survey about attitudes towards predators has been done in western Macedonia and is now under analysis.…”

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Knowledge and Perceptions of Macedonian Hunters and Herders: The Influence of Species Specific Ecology of Bears, Wolves, and Lynx

Lescureux

Linnell

2010

Hum Ecol

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The fact that human-large carnivore relationships tend to be full of material and social conflicts raises applied questions concerning the origin of human perceptions linked to these animals and more theoretical questions concerning the link between identification and relational processes. This study, based on ethno-ethological surveys in the Republic of Macedonia (SE Europe), aims to show that the widely contrasting species specific behavioural characteristics of brown bears, wolves and Eurasian lynx influence local perceptions of these species through the nature and frequency of their interactions with humans. It appears that a high frequency of interactions allows the relational processes to dominate, leading people to modify their actions in response to the behaviour and ecology of the species. However, the fact that the virtual absence of interactions with lynx has not prevented the construction of a particular image of the species also highlights the complexity of the relationship between the level of interactions and people's perception about animals.

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“…The observed strong effects of aesthetic characteristics found in real animals may still be a combination of aesthetics and unmeasured "background knowledge" which covaries with aesthetic characteristics. For example, multiple studies have found big cats receive more attention and donations than other species (Davies et al, 2018), but these species are also prominent cultural symbols (Jalais, 2008;Saunders, 1998), thus more likely to fall within the existing cultural frames of participants. This study shows aesthetic characteristics do explain variation in conservation donation behavior, but cannot establish whether these aesthetic characteristics are more important than other information individuals have about specific animals.…”

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Coloring and size influence preferences for imaginary animals, and can predict actual donations to species‐specific conservation charities

Curtin

Papworth

2020

CONSERVATION LETTERS

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As conservation has limited funds, numerous studies have identified aesthetic characteristics of successful flagship species which generate donations and conservation. However, prior information about species can also impact human preferences, and may covary with animal appearance, leading to different conclusions about which species will be most effective. To separate these two factors, we use images of imaginary animals as a novel paradigm to investigate preferences for animal appearance in conservation donors. Using discrete choice experiments, we show that potential conservation donors prefer larger imaginary animals which are multicolored and cooler toned. We found no effect of eye position or fur, which we used as a proxy for mammalian species. Furthermore, we demonstrate that these preferences can predict the number of donations received by species‐specific conservation charities. These results suggest coloring, and particularly number of colors, is an overlooked aspect of animal appeal, and an important aesthetic characteristic for identifying future flagship species.

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Unmasking the Cosmopolitan Tiger

Cited by 41 publications

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The leopard that learnt from the cat and other narratives of carnivore–human coexistence in northern India

The leopard that learnt from the cat and other narratives of carnivore–human coexistence in northern India

Knowledge and Perceptions of Macedonian Hunters and Herders: The Influence of Species Specific Ecology of Bears, Wolves, and Lynx

Coloring and size influence preferences for imaginary animals, and can predict actual donations to species‐specific conservation charities

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