“…The use of LGDs has been assessed as a conservation strategy in areas including but not limited to Australia (van Bommel & Johnson, 2014), Romania (Ivaşcu & Biro, 2020), the Balkans (Yilmaz, Erdal Ertürk, Coskun, & Ertugrul, 2015), Finland (Otstavel et al, 2009), France (Espuno et al, 2004), Namibia (Marker et al, 2005), Norway (Hansen & Bakken, 1999), South Africa (Rust et al, 2013; Spencer et al, 2020), and the United States (Andelt & Hopper, 2000; Black & Green, 1985; Coppinger et al, 1988; Gehring, VerCauteren, & Landry, 2010; VerCauteren, Lavelle, & Phillips, 2008). However, the need for further research to investigate the efficacy of LGDs in more varied herding systems with a wider range of potential predatory species has been identified (Bauer et al, 2010; Gehring, VerCauteren, & Landry, 2010).…”