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National Workshop on Human Wildlife Conflict Management 2005 Of six large carnivore species, lions caused the most conflict with humans. Livestock is a major industry for communal and commercial farmers, but people on land have to carry the cost of living with animals. Until recently individuals had to cover costs of stock losses and had received little assistance in dealing with these problems. Lions There has been an increase in numbers, especially in the Kunene Region. The nature of the problems is more on the periphery, eg boundaries of Etosha and Khaudom parks, while leopard problems were worst in areas with the highest concentration of animals. Cheetahs caused the most problem on freehold land, spotted hyena were concentrated in protected areas, with problems occurring along park boundaries. Problems with wild dogs were highest in the north east along the periphery of green areas. Frequency of lions killed in four regions Region/ subpopulation Total number of lions killed Frequency Index (No. of lions/year/100 km2) 0.5 Caprivi 249 7 31 14 197 Etosha 563 37 180 119 227 Kaudom 42 10 24 8 0 Kunene 41 20 21 0 0 Total 895 74 256 141 424 34
National Workshop on Human Wildlife Conflict Management 2005 Problems with leopard and cheetah are dealt with in various ways, although there was little data available about the effectiveness of translocating animals. More information is needed on lion and human conflict. Data collected by H. Berry, I Berhens, P Stander, L Scheepers, K Venzke, O Fordge, J Kapner & B Kotting, collated over 20 years (1982- 2000) showed that 895 lions were killed. Yearly statistics Mean 29 Std Dev 9.5 Std Error 0.68 Range 10-42 35
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