The Leopard that Learnt from the Cat and Other Narratives of Carnivore-Human Coexistence in Northern India, 2017

This study explored the diversity of factors that influence human-leopard relationships in Himachal Pradesh, India. Looking beyond the socio-economic and ecological dimensions of human-leopard conflict, it documented the multifaceted nature of human-wildlife relationships. A qualitative analysis of human-leopard interactions was carried out based on 23 interviews conducted during an ethnographic study of various stakeholders in the vicinity of a village in Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh, an area with a long history of co-habitation between leopards and rural inhabitants in 2016 and 2017.

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本研究探讨了影响印度喜马偕尔邦人豹关系的多元因素。超越人豹冲突的社会经济与生态维度，本研究记录并揭示了人兽关系的多面性本质。基于2016至2017年间在喜马偕尔邦哈姆普尔县某村庄周边开展的民族志研究——该区域有着豹子与乡村居民长期共存的历史——中对各利益相关者进行的23次访谈，本研究对人豹互动展开了定性分析。数据集可免费下载获取。