Don Panuncio and the Tiger

Keywords: Translocation, conflict, rescue, conservation

Abstract

One of the management strategies used to mitigate the human-snake conflict has been long distance translocation. The present document tells a history related to this conflict and to the translocation actions carried out by community brigades dedicated to the rescue and conservation of snakes in the Natural Protected Areas of Hidalgo.

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Sullivan, B. K., Nowak, E. M y Kwiatowski, M. A. 2014. Problems with mitigation translocation of herpetofauna. Conservation Biology, 29: 12-18.

Published
2021-07-05
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