Adoption and Perceived Effectiveness of Traditional practices to mitigate human-wild pig conflict situations
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Date
2020-03
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TANUVAS, Chennai
Abstract
Human–wild pig conflict is one of the main threats to farmers as wild pig destroys the
growing crops completely. Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu was purposefully selected for the
study as it ranked first in human-wild pig conflict incidents in Tamil Nadu. Farmers who had at
least one wildlife conflict incidence in their lifetime were selected for this study during 2015-
16 on adoption and effectiveness of traditional practices to manage human-wild pig conflict
situations. Sixty participants were selected using the snow ball sampling and data were collected
using semistructured
interviews, complemented by free listing techniques, nonspecific prompting
and reading back. A total number of nine traditional practices were identified and found that
they were adopted at various levels. Further, boundary clearing, using metal cow bells and using
shining tapes (100 %) were found to be most effective traditional method followed by fireworks/
crackers (75 %), noise making (72.2 %) and scarecrows (69.6 %). Although encouraging, these
results require more widespread testing and demonstration to ensure their effectiveness at broader
scales.
Description
TNV_IJVASR_49(2)_Mar2020_26-30
Keywords
Veterinary Science, Veterinary Extension