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  • Professor of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and Director, Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence, Colorado State University
Livestock owners like Mzee Hwenge in Idodi, Tanzania, are turning to chain-link enclosures to protect livestock from carnivores at night.

Livestock and lions make uneasy neighbours: how a fence upgrade helped protect domestic and wild animals in Tanzania

Jonathan Salerno, Colorado State University; Amy Dickman, University of Oxford; Kevin Crooks, Colorado State University; Rekha Warrier, Colorado State University, and Stewart Breck, Colorado State University

Management and protection of livestock is fundamental for reducing conflict with wildlife.
In Colorado, many people run, bike and climb in mountain lion habitat. DEA/ C. Dani I. Jeske/De Agostini via Getty Images

Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes toward wild predators shift

Kevin Crooks, Colorado State University and Rebecca Niemiec, Colorado State University

Colorado has spectacular scenery, but it comes with wild animals, and they sometimes wander into town. A ballot measure that would ban hunting wild cats is the latest test of public views on hunting.
Won’t you be my neighbor? Dennis Fast/ VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Will Colorado bring back wolves? It’s up to voters

Rebecca Niemiec, Colorado State University and Kevin Crooks, Colorado State University

For the first time in the US, a ballot measure will ask voters whether to restore wolves to a place where they’ve been eradicated. Coloradans have strong views on both sides.

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