A study on human - wildlife conflict involving Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) and geladarnbaboon (Theropithicus gelada) in and around Guassa Community Conservation Area wasrnconducted from September, 2009 to May, 2010. The objective of this study was to fillrninformation gap on human wildlife conflict and attitude of local people towards wildlife inrnthe country. Data on human wildlife interaction were collected based on the directrninterview questionnaire, by direct observation on crop damage by gelada baboon, focusrngroup discussion and by collection of faecal dropping sample of Ethiopian wolf and geladarnbaboon. The collected data were analysed using descriptive statistics, chi-square test andrnone way ANOVA. The analysed data showed that 44.4% of the respondents faced both thernproblems of crop damage and livestock predation, 10.8% faced crop damage, 36% facedrnpredation and the rest 8.8% of the respondents didnâ€™t face any conflict by wildlife. Thernaverage annual crop loss due to gelada baboon per house hold was 0.63 Â± 0.05 quintal.rnVillages differed significantly (F6 243 = 49.75, P < 0.001) in terms of annual crop loss byrngelada baboon. There was severing conflict between gelada baboon and local people inrnYegora, Defergie, Alfa and Tebab, but no conflict in Tarete, Ferkuta and Agancht. A totalrnof 2652m2 crop farm was raided and trampled during the time of observation. Only 16.8%rnof the respondents reported the depredation of sheep by Ethiopian wolf. Villages notrndiffered significantly (Ï‡2 = 2.32, df = 6, P > 0.05) in the response of depredation of sheeprnby Ethiopian wolf. From the faecal dropping analysis, only 1.1% showed sheep prey. Thernaverage sheep loss per house hold in the last five years was 0.20 Â± 0.03. 88.8%, 6.4% andrn4.8% of the respondents had positive, negative and neutral attitude towards wildlife,rnrespectively. 63.6% of the respondents had positive attitude whereas 28% had negativernattitude towards gelada baboon. The attitudes of the respondents towards the geladarnbaboon was negatively correlated with crop damage (r = -0.31, P < 0.001). 88.4% of thernrespondents had positive attitude towards Ethiopian wolf. Villages not differedrnsignificantly (Ï‡2 = 9.815, df = 12, P > 0.05) in their attitude towards Ethiopian wolf.rnKey words: Attitude, Ethiopian wolf, Gelada baboon, Guassa Community ConservationrnArea, Human - Wildlife Conflict.