Sloth bear attacks: regional differences and safety messaging.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 03 2022
10 03 2022
Historique:
received:
29
06
2021
accepted:
28
02
2022
entrez:
11
3
2022
pubmed:
12
3
2022
medline:
21
4
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Sloth bears behave aggressively toward humans when threatened and are among the most dangerous wildlife in India. Safety messaging for those who live in sloth bear country must be accurate to be effective, and messaging may need to be modified to account for regional differences in human-bear relationships. The timing of sloth bear attacks on the Deccan Plateau of Karnataka, both by season and by time of day, deviated enough from those reported in other areas such that it warranted further investigation. We compared data from eight studies of human-sloth bear conflict from across the Indian subcontinent and explored possibilities as to why differences exist. Seasonally all studies reported that human-sloth bear conflict was highest when human activity in the forest was greatest, though the season of highest human activity varied significantly by region (χ
Identifiants
pubmed: 35273273
doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07974-y
pii: 10.1038/s41598-022-07974-y
pmc: PMC8913655
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
3943Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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