Many of the world's top carnivore and human-wildlife conflict scientists have participated in the Center for Wildlife Studies' "Wildlife Cornicles." These types of virtual, public discussions during the pandemic is a valuable source of current research trends and source of inspiration. I was honored to join Dr Sunetro Ghosal to discuss all things big cats in India with a emphasis on boundary making, politics, and human-human conflict within the human-wildlife conflict debates.
Setting boundaries and compartmentalizing space is a very instinctive process for people. The idea of national park boundaries, compound walls and even some cultural boundaries meant to keep wildlife separate from humans is a very common practice. Adaptable Big cats such as leopards, and even tigers, walk all over these boundaries with extreme ease. This topic explores the surprising roles, often political ones, that we humans assign to leopards and tigers as a result of human-human conflicts. You can watch this candid and relaxed discussion on Youtube linked here and above. Comments are closed.
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