Management implications of new research on problem elephants
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The persistance of problem elephant behaviour appears to continue, at least in some populations, even when identified culprit individuals are routinely removed from these populations over a long time. Is it possible that elephant populations, rather than having a few habitual problem animals, may have what could be termed a problem component? Neither translocation or killing of problem animals appears to work, others simply take their place. This implies that in such populations either translocation or killling of problem anaimls will have to continue indefinately. Although difficult to test this reasoning is supported by considerable circumstantial evidence and agrees with accepted principles in agricultural pest cntrol. Merely killing (removing) individuals of the pest species seldom has much impact of the problem, most pests are effectively controlled by denying them their target food or a nearby refuge.
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In elephant populations, not every animal enters into conflict with humans; there are often 'problem individuals' that regularly engage in negative interactions with humans while a large majority may stay inside a protected area and avoid human contact.
“not every animal in a given elephant population enters into conflict with humans. Instead, there are often 'problem individuals' (Barrett et al., 2019; Hoare, 2001) that regularly engage in negative interactions with humans while a large majority of elephants within a particular population may stay inside a protected area and avoid human contact (Plotnik & Jacobson, 2022).”
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- Authors
- Hoare, R.
- Corresponding author
- Hoare, Richard
- Venue
- Pachyderm
- Publisher
- Species Survival Commission
- Published
- 2001-06-30
- Volume
- 30
- Pages
- 44-48
- ISSN
- 1026-2881 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4404076872
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Pachyderm (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Keywords
- translocation, population management, food availability, refuge
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