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Table 4 Economic valuation of reported livestock kill by predators in the study area

From: Livestock depredation by snow leopard and Tibetan wolf: Implications for herders’ livelihoods in Wangchuck Centennial National Park, Bhutan

Year

Snow leopard

Tibetan wolf

Tiger

Wild dog

Black bear

Total

Yak

Sheep

Horse

Yak

Sheep

Horse

Yak

Sheep

Horse

Yak

Sheep

Horse

Yak

Sheep

Horse

2012

2,638

431

0

14,862

 

0

462

  

8,923

  

8,554

308

 

36,177

2013

1,292

62

692

11,415

46

923

7,538

5,031

 

27,000

2014

4,754

154

154

12,215

0

5,077

6,185

10,077

38,615

2015

8,692

0

0

7,277

0

462

5,400

9,108

30,938

2016

5,015

92

0

8,092

0

462

1,800

10,985

26,446

Total loss

22,392

738

846

53,862

46.15

7,385

29,846

43,754

 

Annual loss

 Amount per herd

117.8

3.9

4.4

283.5

0

0.2

38.9

0

0

157.1

0

0

230.3

1.6

 

837.7

 % of total herd

14.1

0.46

0.52

33.8

0.03

4.6

18.8

27.5

0.19

0.00

100

 % per capita income

1.44

0.05

0.05

3.47

0.00

0.48

1.93

2.8

0.01

 

10.25

  1. Value: amount loss (US$) due to depredation