Suryawanshi, Kulbhushansingh Ramesh and Suresh, Shruti and Young, Juliette C. and Bhatia, Saloni and Mishra, Charudutt (2024) Promoting coexistence through improved understanding of human perceptions, attitudes, and behavior toward snow leopards. In: Snow Leopards. 2 ed. Elsevier Inc, pp. 149-156.

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Abstract

Snow leopards (Panthera uncia) have extensive home ranges and depend on large ungulate prey for food. The majority of snow leopard habitats are used by pastoral communities and their livestock, which creates conflicts over livestock predation. In areas where snow leopards overlap with livestock, the contribution of livestock to snow leopard diet could be as high as 60% (Anwar et al., 2011; Suryawanshi et al., 2017). Livestock depredation by snow leopards has been reported to be up to 12% of the total livestock holdings annually (Mishra, 1997). Nowell et al. (2016) estimated that approximately one snow leopard was killed daily between 2008 and 2012, and 55% of these were killed in retaliation against livestock predation. In light of these findings, promoting land sharing and coexistence between pastoralists and snow leopards is crucial for the survival of the species and for protecting the livelihoods of pastoralists across large parts of the snow leopard’s distribution range in High Asia.

Item Type: Book Section
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Subjects: A ATREE Publications > H Book Chapters
Divisions: Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies Centre for Environment and Development > Forest, Governance and Livelihood
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Date Deposited: 28 Nov 2025 08:48
Last Modified: 27 Jan 2026 05:52
URI: http://archives.atree.org/id/eprint/1224

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