Thakur Silwal|Jaromír Kolejka|Bharat P. Bhatta|Santosh Rayamajhi|Ram P. Sharma|Buddi Sagar Poudel
When, where and whom: assessing wildlife attacks on people in Chitwan National Park, Nepal
Tribhuvan University|Masaryk University|Tribhuvan University|Czech University of Life Sciences Prague|Charles Sturt University
abstract wildlife attacks people around protected areas become one main challenges wildlife management authorities assessed correlates wildlife attacks 20032013 vicinity chitwan national park nepal used data various sources discussion stakeholders field observations questionnaire surveys wildlife attacks significantly correlated factors site season time activity gender awareness moreover 89 recorded attacks occurred outside park number attacks fluctuated widely patterns attacks significantly uneven across seasons months 87 attacks occurred day 63 occurred morning victims male c 45 attacks occurred people collecting forest resources working croplands attacks carried predominantly rhinoceros rhinoceros unicornis 38 tigers panthera tigris 21 sloth bears melursus ursinus 18 elephants elephas maximus 9 wild boar sus scrofa 8 people attacked lived close park depended farming livelihoods little knowledge animal behaviour attacks mitigated proper management habitats inside park raising awareness wildlife behaviour among local people recommend establishing participatory emergency rescue team deal problematic animals highrisk areas