Bombieri, Giulia and Penteriani, Vincenzo and Almasieh, Kamran and Ambarli, Huseyin and Ashrafzadeh, Mohammad Reza and Das, Chandan Surabhi and Dharaiya, Nishith and Hoogesteijn, Rafael and Hoogesteijn, Almira and Ikanda, Dennis and Jedrzejewski, Wlodzimierz and Kaboli, Mohammad and Kirilyuk, Anastasia and Jangid, Ashish Kumar and Sharma, Ravi Kumar and Kushnir, Hadas and Lamichhane, Babu Ram and Mohammadi, Alireza and Monroy-Vilchis, Octavio and Mukeka, Joseph M. and Nikolaev, Igor and Ohrens, Omar and Packer, Craig and Pedrini, Paolo and Shyamala, Ratnayeke * and Seryodkin, Ivan and Sharp, Thomas and Palei, Himanshu Shekhar and Smith, Tom and Subedi, Ashok and Tortato, Fernando and Yamazaki, Koji and Delgado, Maria del Mar (2023) A worldwide perspective on large carnivore attacks on humans. PLOS Biology, 21 (1). ISSN 1545-7885
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Large carnivores have long fascinated human societies and have profound influences on ecosystems. However, their conservation represents one of the greatest challenges of our time, particularly where attacks on humans occur. Where human recreational and/or livelihood activities overlap with large carnivore ranges, conflicts can become particularly serious. Two different scenarios are responsible for such overlap: In some regions of the world, increasing human populations lead to extended encroachment into large carnivore ranges, which are subject to increasing contraction, fragmentation, and degradation. In other regions, human and large carnivore populations are expanding, thus exacerbating conflicts, especially in those areas where these species were extirpated and are now returning. We thus face the problem of learning how to live with species that can pose serious threats to humans. We collected a total of 5,440 large carnivore (Felidae, Canidae, and Ursidae; 12 species) attacks worldwide between 1950 and 2019. The number of reported attacks increased over time, especially in lower-income countries. Most attacks (68%) resulted in human injuries, whereas 32% were fatal. Although attack scenarios varied greatly within and among species, as well as in different areas of the world, factors triggering large carnivore attacks on humans largely depend on the socioeconomic context, with people being at risk mainly during recreational activities in high-income countries and during livelihood activities in low-income countries. The specific combination of local socioeconomic and ecological factors is thus a risky mix triggering large carnivore attacks on humans, whose circumstances and frequencies cannot only be ascribed to the animal species. This also implies that effective measures to reduce large carnivore attacks must also consider the diverse local ecological and social contexts.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | carnivores; human populations; carnivore attacks; |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Divisions: | Others > Non Sunway Academics Sunway University > School of Medical and Life Sciences [formerly School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences until 2020] > Dept. Biological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Ms Yong Yee Chan |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2024 05:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jul 2024 05:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/id/eprint/2780 |
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