Carnivore Conservation

Carnivore Conservation

Carnivores are charismatic and threatened, but also constrains our notions of coexistence. What are the major roadblocks to managing effective carnivore populations?What affects carnivore life-histories and their relationship with humans? We examine survival, mortality, population size, reintroduction potential and human-carnivore interactions across multiple study systems.

Peer-reviewed Articles

Chakrabarti S, Wikenros C, Borg B, Jhala YV, Bump J. Editorial: New Century Wolf Conservation & Conflict Management. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 

Chakrabarti S, O’neil ST, Erb J, Humphal C, Bump JK. 2022. Recent Trends in Survival and Mortality of Wolves in Minnesota, United States. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution

Jhala YV, Banerjee K, Chakrabarti S, Basu P, Singh K, Dave C, Gogoi K. 2019. Asiatic lion: Ecology, Economics and Politics of Conservation. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Coming Soon

Gogoi K, Banerjee K, Chakrabarti S, Sing AP, Jhala YV. Decoding the Enigma of Human-Lion Coexistence in India. (in review: Journal Conservation Biology)

Popular Articles

  • Chakrabarti S. 2022 Why there is hope for the cheetah in India? Op-Ed for The Indian Express
  • Chakrabarti S. 2019. A cat out of the bag: lions in a human landscape. Hornbill, Bombay Natural History Society, April-June 2019 [PDF]
  • Chakrabarti S. 2018. Of Men & Manes. SAEVUS [PDF]
  • Chakrabarti S. 2017.Belling the cat: using telemetry to study lions in people’s backyards. Sanctuary Asia [PDF]

Media Features

2023 : Interview featured in Mongabay India “Coexisting with an increasing number of Asiatic lions