Asian black bear, Ursus thibetanus: Human-bear conflict in the Palas Valley, Kohistan, Pakistan
Journal Title: International Journal of Farming and Allied Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 24
Abstract
The Asian black bear, Ursus thibetanus Cuvier was widely distributed throughout Pakistan few decades ago, but now it is vulnerable restricted to moist temperate forests of the Himalayan mountains of Hazara forest division, Kohistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir, Pakistan. The present research was conducted to know about human-bear conflict (n=120) in the Palas valley, Kohistan, Pakistan during May-July 2010. The biggest problem of livestock of people was predation by U. thibetanus (60%). People mostly hunted it due to its crop raiding (57%) and attacking on the livestock (39%). It is actually omnivores but it was known as carnivores among people (57%) with ferocious behavior (82%). It attacked on different crops by tearing and eating (73%) on fruiting (75%) of maize, Zea mays L., in early morning (48%) and recognized by footprints (76%), therefore, people stayed at night in fields to prevent their crops (57%). Its the highest population was found in summer (48%). People had not reported of crops raiding, livestock damages and humans injuries, therefore, they kill them to prevent from further damages. Regular assessment should be conducted to know the humanbear conflict in Palas valley. Damage compensation schemes should be launched in the area to control the retaliatory killings and conserve the declining population of U. thibetanus.
Authors and Affiliations
Farzana Perveen, Muhammad Abid
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP32466
- DOI -
- Views 337
- Downloads 0
Effect of Seed Priming by Pyridoxine on Biochemical Activity and Germination Indices of Melon Under Drought Stress
This experiment was conducted to study the effect of pyridoxine application on yield of melon (cucumis melon)under drought stress.The experiment was laid out in a complete randomized block design in three replications....
Investigation of Optimized Methods for Improvement of Organoleptical and Physical Properties of Soy milk
Soy milk is a water extract of soybeans that is a source of protein and calories for human consumption. Also, has been given considerable attention as an economical and nutritive beverage. The undesirable flavour of so...
Response of Maize Hybrids to Different Nitrogen Applications Under Climatic Conditions of Plovdiv Region
The field experiment was carried out on the Scientific-Experimental and Introductory Facility of the Department of Plant Growing at the AU – city of Plovdiv in the 2006-2008 periods. The experiment was performed by mea...
Improvement of tropical soils fertility by amendment with organic and mineral fertilizers
The transformation of urban waste into useful and exploitable organic matter such as compost may lead to an increase in agricultural production. In that context, compost made from pig manure was prepared and used in co...
Study of different tillage methods and effects of using water on corn yield in west of Kerman
The present study was performed in small region of Bardsir in order to proposing the suitable tillage way, more exact estimation of used water of this cultivation in every hectare, proposing of effective using water wi...