Population management of species involved in human wildlife conflict,

Abstract

Reproductive control methods using contraceptives have been described using terms such as “humane” or “benign”, and has steadily gained wide acceptance within the conservation community, managers and policy makers alike. Thus, to investigate the field applicability of reproductive control in conflict mitigation, a project titled “Population Management of Species involved in Human Wildlife Conflict” was awarded to the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) by The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, New Delhi on dated 30th January, 2018. The project aims to develop and implement a range of mitigation strategies including immune-contraception for managing conflict with wild animal populations in the country. For the study, four focal species as identified by the MoEF&CC, Govt of India namely Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), Wild pig (Sus scrofa) and Elephant (Elephas maximus) were selected for the trials at specific sites experiencing severe conflict from above species.