I am grateful to all my interviewees for making the time to talk to me and letting me use their voices in this project. I also appreciate the help my sister provided in facilitating my telephonic interviews from across the world. Additionally, thank you to Professor Kenneth Bauer who let me make this word press site and advised me through the process.

Doug Bolger, during my interview with him, said, “I [speak] as someone who lives in a place where I don’t have to worry about being attacked by predators”. I offer this same caution to all readers. I have conducted my interviews and research thousands of miles away from where the conflict is geographically located. However, I have tried to remain conscious of my positionality while conducting this research. Additionally, I have individuals representing entire communities, and their personal narratives cannot necessarily be generalised. Lastly, there is a vast library of literature on human-wildlife interactions, of which I have been directly informed by a tiny fraction. These are as follows:

Sources:

Athreya, V.R. & Belsare, A.V. “Human – Leopard Conflict Management Guidelines” Maharashtra State Forest Department. Kaati Trust, Pune. India. 2007

Athreya, Vidya, et al. “Translocation as a tool for mitigating conflict with leopards in human‐dominated landscapes of India.” Conservation Biology25.1 (2011): 133-141.

Athreya, Vidya. “Making Monsters of Animals.” The Indian Express Opinion. The Indian Express, 04 Mar. 2014. Web. 2 June 2016.

Athreya, Vidya, et al. “Big cats in our backyards: persistence of large carnivores in a human dominated landscape in India.” PLoS One 8.3 (2013): e57872.

Conniff, Richard. “Learning to Live With Leopards” National Geographic Magazine, November 10, 2015. Web. 6 June 2016.

Dickman, A. J. “Complexities of conflict: the importance of considering social factors for effectively resolving human–wildlife conflict.” Animal conservation13.5 (2010): 458-466.

Ghosal, Sunetro, and Darley Jose Kjosavik. “Living with Leopards: Negotiating Morality and Modernity in Western India.” Society & Natural Resources 28.10 (2015): 1092-1107.

Ghosal, Sunetro, et al. “An ontological crisis? A review of large felid conservation in India.” Biodiversity and conservation 22.11 (2013): 2665-2681.

Project Waghoba. Project Waghoba. Web. 6 June 2016. http://www.projectwaghoba.in/what_is_project.htm

Shankar Raman, T. R. “Leopard Landscapes.” Economic and Political Weekly, 03 Jan. 2015. Web. 2 June 2016.