CDP News #10 – Spring 2014

MED-WOLF: A new project to decrease man-wolf conflicts in Mediterranean-type areas
RECOVERING traditional husbandry practices to reduce wolf predation on free-ranging cattle in Iberia
MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF WOLVES IN ASTURIAS, NW SPAIN: Is population control justified for handling damage-related conflicts?
SHEEP PASTURES IN THE VALAIS Sustainability, management structures and protection of the flocks
ALTERNATIVES TO LIVESTOCK GUARDING DOGS Llamas, donkeys, fence-systems and aversive conditioning: Possibilities and limits
THE CANOVIS PROJECT: Studying internal and external factors that may influence livestock guarding dogs’ efficiency against wolf predation
LIVESTOCK GUARDING DOGS IN EUROPE: paying attention to the context is important when managing complex human-wolf-dog relationships
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH to mitigate the conflict between large carnivore conservation and local communities
USE OF DOGS in the mediation of conservation conflicts