The aim of the thesis was to find out which wild animal species cause damage to livestock farmers, where in Slovenia, what kind of damage they cause, what measures farmers take to protect their property and how they evaluate the effectiveness of each measure. We gathered data by anonymous web questionnaire. Of 447 respondents, 303 had problems with wild animals. Wolf and bear caused damage to sheep, goats and cattle in the southern, western, central and northern parts of Slovenia. Almost throughout Slovenia damage to poultry was caused by martens, foxes, jackals, and ravens, the latter three also to sheep and goats. Most damage to crops was caused by cloven-hoofed animals, mice and voles, bears, and some birds, e.g. crows. Damage to bales was caused by crows, ravens and bears. To protect livestock from carnivores, farmers used electric fences and grids, both of which were evaluated as less effective, the most effective measure was closing animals in the barn during the night. Farmers usually did not use any special measures to protect their fields from game. Farmers keeping more than 51 sheep, goats or cattle, were significantly more likely to suffer damage from wolfs, jackals and ravens than farmers keeping less than 20 animals. Respondents who had more than 5 ha of land were significantly more likely to suffer damage from wild boar, roe deer and red deer, than those who had less than 2 ha of land. Respondents from the “podravska” region had significantly smaller odds for wild boar damage and respondents from the regions “podravska” and “pomurska” had smaller odds for red deer damage compared to the “osrednjeslovenska” region. Respondents from the regions “primorsko-notranjska” and “goriška” had significantly higher odds for red deer damage compared to the region “osrednjeslovenska”. Cattle breeders in the “primorsko-notranjska” and “gorenjska” regions had significantly higher odds for cattle predation by wolfs than those in the “osrednjeslovenska” region. Farmers who kept sheep and goats on pasture, had significantly higher odds for jackal predation, and cattle farmers higher odds for wolf depredation on their animals, than those who kept their animals in barns with or without outdoor access.
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