Human-Large Carnivore Conflict (HLCC), particularly over livestock depredation is arguably one of the most pressing conservation issues across sub-Saharan Africa, including Tanzania (Kissui, 2008; Thorn et al., 2013; Hemson et al., 2009). Despite the country having a large network of protected areas (32.5%), HLCC is a serious management issue facing wildlife management authorities today. Human-carnivore conflict in Tanzania is determined by both human and carnivore behaviour. The general ecology of carnivores, such as social status, habitat use, and hunting strategies, may influence their predisposition to livestock depredation (Elliot et al., 2014; Loveridge et al., 2017). On the other hand, human behaviours such as livestock husbandry, which can be deconstructed into herding practices and the structure of livestock enclosures (bomas), can determine the likelihood of livestock depredation (Ogada et al., 2003). The carnivore population in the Selous-Nyerere ecosystem (SNE) is unfenced and surrounded by semi-protected areas such as Open Areas (OAs), Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), Forest Reserves (FRs) and extensive open wilderness village lands that are largely used by the nominal population for dispersal. But human population growth and changing land use (Introduction of pastoralism) place constraints on large carnivore dispersal ecology, potentially affecting the population through the hard-edge effect.