Human-wildlife (the Ethiopian Wolf And Gelada Baboon) Conflict In And Around The Simien Mountains National Park

This study documents human-wildlife (the Ethiopian wolf and gelada baboon) conflict in and around thernSimien Mountains National Park. Data were collected in between September, 2005 up to March, 2006rnwith fragmented short term stay by means of face-to-face questionnaire interview and by directrnobservation on the crop damage caused by gelada baboon. The Ethiopian wolf and gelada baboon faecalrndropping samples were also collected to compare the result with the questionnaire survey. Data werernanalyzed using descriptive statistics and responses compared using Chi-square test and one-wayrnANOVA. Logistic regression model was used to analyze the attitude of respondents towards Ethiopianrnwolf and gelada baboon and to determine the factors that cause crop loss by gelada baboon. The analysisrnindicated that 74.3% of the respondents had positive attitude towards wildlife. There was significantrnnegative correlation (r = -0.28, P

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