[Animals] Animals like deer and wild boar cause more profit than conflict, study finds

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The study analyzed 575 scientific articles to determine the benefits and harms of these animals, including damage to agriculture and forestry or traffic collisions.

 

An international study in which the Spanish University of Granada (UGR) participates concludes that hoofed animals, such as deer or wild boars, provide increasingly valued benefits compared to the possible damages they generate in their recolonization.

Scientists from the UGR (southern Spain) participate in this research focused on analyzing the benefits and conflicts associated with wild ungulates on a global scale, a review to understand the increase in this type of animal in Europe and North America.

 

Ungulates are recolonizing many areas, which according to this study responds to the increasing interaction between these animals and people.

The study, led by the Ecology area of the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche (eastern Spain), analyzed 575 scientific articles to determine the benefits and harms of these animals, among which damage to agriculture and forestry or traffic collisions.

According to the researchers, since the beginning of the 21st century, publications on wild ungulates and their interaction with people have increased, but also the benefits reported.

Study conclusions
In their conclusions, the researchers point out that, despite the negative aspects associated with wild ungulates, in recent years the benefits they bring to socio-ecological systems, such as tourism or habitat maintenance, have become evident.

The multidisciplinary team that carried out this study adds that animals also provide benefits in hunting, for their use as food, or in environmental conservation.

 

Scientists from several Spanish universities and from other countries such as the Institute of Nature Conservation Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland), WWF-US (United States), University of British Columbia (Canada) and Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany) participated in the research. 

 

Link: https://rpp.pe/mundo/actualidad/animales-como-los-ciervos-y-jabalies-causan-mas-beneficios-que-conflictos-segun-un-estudio-noticia-1364536