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A Study of Feline Conservation: the Science and the People

A Study of Feline Conservation: the Science and the People. Rebecca Haynes Princeton University, Class of 2015 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Environmental Studies. The Problem. Direct hunting Habitat loss and fragmentation Overhunting of prey. Why protect cats?. Keystone species

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A Study of Feline Conservation: the Science and the People

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  1. A Study of Feline Conservation: the Science and the People Rebecca Haynes Princeton University, Class of 2015 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Environmental Studies

  2. The Problem • Direct hunting • Habitat loss and fragmentation • Overhunting of prey

  3. Why protect cats? • Keystone species • Umbrella species • Aesthetic value • Ecotourism

  4. Objective 1. Camera traps: • Mammal populations • Feline habitat preferences • Community composition

  5. Objectives 2. Interviews: • Assess attitudes towards conservation • Understand social problems (retaliation killings)

  6. Where was I?

  7. The Osa Peninsula

  8. The Osa Peninsula Panthera onca Leopardus pardalis Puma concolor

  9. Methods • Camera trapping

  10. What data did I get? • 400 photos of animals • Mostly smaller mammals (off-trail) White-nosed coati,Nasuanarica Ocelot,Leoparduspardalis Nine-banded armadillo, Dasypusnovemcinctus Central American agouti, Dasyprocta punctata Collared peccary, Pecaritajacu Lowland paca, Agouti paca Great Tinamou, Tinamoumajor Common opossum, Didelphismarsupialis Northern tamandua, Tamanduamexicana Tayra, Eirabarbara Great Curassow, Crax rubra Striped hog-nosed skunk, Conepatussemistriatus Redbrocket deer,Mazama americana Crab-eatingraccoon,Procyoncancrivorus

  11. Interviews

  12. Interviews

  13. Interviews • Stories • Conflicts • Conservation values • Honesty?

  14. What did I gain? • Research experience (camera trapping) • Experience with a social study • Material for a paper • Conservation as a career

  15. Thank You • Ray E. Newton, III ’86 and Elizabeth A. Smith ’86 • Professor Andy Dobson • Professor David Wilcove • Peter Molnar, Claire Standley, Natalka Melnycky • Juan Carlos Cruz Diaz (and all other Osa staff)

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