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November 21, 2025Peer Community JournalOpen Access

Spatio-temporal dynamics of attacks around deaths of wolves: A statistical assessment of lethal control efficiency in France

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OGOksana GrenteTOThomas OpitzCDChristophe Duchamp

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Overview

Statistical assessment reveals lethal control slightly reduces livestock attacks in wolves, indicating local effectiveness only.

Key Points

  • This research aims to assess the efficiency of lethal control of wolves in reducing livestock attacks in France.
  • Used a Before After Control-Impact approach with retrospective data from 2011 to 2020.
  • Applied 3D kernel estimation to evaluate attack intensities before and after wolf removals.
  • Analyzed a range of 10 km and 90 days surrounding lethal removals.
  • Moderate decrease in attack intensity observed after removal of a single wolf.
  • Greater reduction of attacks noted when removing two or three wolves.
  • Contextual factors like geographical and seasonal variations affected outcomes.

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Grente et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6924e3e6c0ce034ddc34ec1bhttps://doi.org/10.24072/pcjournal.652
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