Human-Carnivoran Interactions Symposium

Why?

Large carnivorans and humans are joined by a Pleistocene-old imbroglio of fear, competition, domestication and extinction. In the last decades, the importance of large carnivorans in maintaining ecosystem integrity and functional diversity has given a hopeful, inspiring twist to those long relations.

Aims

The “Human-Carnivoran interactions: past, present, and future” symposium will focus on that Archimedean point between the past and future of human relations with carnivorans. The one-day event will include papers aiming to provide a broad perspective on paleobiological and conservation/restoration related issues, aiming to integrate past and present perspectives on carnivores and humans.

Speakers

Summary program

June 9th 2022

Session 1 - ECOLOGICAL ROLE OF LARGE CARNIVORES

13:10 - 14:20
Talk 01 - Plenary speaker
Talk 02

Canids in anthropogenic landscapes

Session 1: Ecological role of large carnivores
Tamar Dayan
Tamar Dayan

Session 2 - FELIDS: EVOLUTION AND CONSERVATION

14:30 - 15:40
Talk 03 - Plenary speaker
Talk 04
Talk 05

Leopard traps and human-leopard interactions in the Judean Desert

Session 2: Felids: evolution and conservation
Uri Davidovich
Uri Davidovich

Living with wildlife: thinking beyond conflict

Session 2: Felids: evolution and conservation
Ine Dorresteijn
Ine Dorresteijn

Session 3 - WOLVES AND OTHER CANIDS

15:50 - 17:10

Session 4 - GENETICS AND BEARS

17:10 - 18:20

Presentation