Research Article
Balancing African Elephant Conservation with Human Well-Being in Rombo Area, Tanzania
Table 1
Frequency of visit and perceived threats by local people on the wild animals in Rombo area.
| Animal | Scientific name | Number of respondents | Frequency of visit (%) | Perception of danger (%) |
| Elephant | Loxodonta africana | 208 | 61.7 | 87.0 | Vervet monkey | Chlorocebus pygerythrus | 39 | 11.6 | 5.6 | Olive baboon | Papio cynocephalus | 37 | 11.0 | 4.3 | Buffalo | Syncerus caffer | 22 | 6.5 | 1.3 | Warthog | Phacochoerus africanus | 6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Guinea fowl | Numida meleagris | 2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | Wildebeest | Connochaetes gnou | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | Zebra | Equus quagga | 20 | 5.9 | 0.0 | Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | 2 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Total | ā | 337 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
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