Management of Commensal Baboons in Saudi-Arabia

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Biquand, Sylvain | Boug, Ahmed | Biquand, Veronique | Gautier, Jean-Pierre

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WOS:A1994PA83100006. International audience. Following recent urban development in the mountains of south-western Saudi Arabia, local populations of Papio hamadryas have become dependent on provisioning around cities. A comprehensive approach was undertaken to analyze the origins of the current human/baboon conflict situations. Practical solutions to situation-specific problems are proposed. These include male vasectomy and hormonal control of female fertility to lower reproductive rates in fast growing commensal groups, and the use of trained dogs and scare guns to repel baboons from crops and city outskirts. A management program that includes short term solutions to conflicts, and which also outlines ways to tackle the root causes of conflicts is discussed. . Avec le récent développement urbain dans les montagnes du sud-ouest saoudien, certaines populations locales de Papio hamadryas sont devenues dépendantes de l'homme pour leur subsistance. Nous avons mené une analyse globale de la situation et des origines des conflits homme/babouins en Arabie Saoudite. Parmi les solutions pratiques pour résoudre les situations de conflit, nous avons proposé et expérimenté la réduction du taux de reproduction par vasectomie des mâles et implantation hormonale des femelles, l'usage de matériel d'effarouchement acoustique (canon à gaz modifié) et de chiens spécialement entraînés. Un programme d'action a été mis en place comprenant des solutions à court terme pour parer aux situations de conflit déjà installées et des actions à long terme pour supprimer les causes fondamentales du commensalisme en Arabie

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