Research Article
Human-Wild Animals Conflict in and around Amba Forest, Ezha District, Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Table 6
Cause of human-wild animals conflict.
| | Causes of human-wild animal conflict (HWC) | Ranks (response frequency) | N | % | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| | 1. Abundance of wild animals | 7 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 100 | | 2. Presence of forest | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 100 | | 3. Crop raiding | 19 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 98.1 | | 4. Resource destruction | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 84.9 | | 5. Human injury | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 81.1 | | 6. Forest wood collection | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 39 | 73.6 | | 7. Human and domestic animals interference | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 69.8 | | 8. Agriculture expansion | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 64.2 | | 9. Livestock predation | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 64.2 |
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