Human-wildlife Conflict With Special Emphasis On Pest Primates In And Around Chato Forest Horro Woreda Western Ethiopia

This study was conducted to assess human wildlife conflict with special emphasis on pest primates around Chato forest, Horo district, Western Ethiopia. The study was carried out from September2016 to June 2017. The main objective of the study was to identify the cause and effect of human wildlife conflicts, to estimate the loss of crops destroyed by pest primate and to estimate the population size of primate pest in the study sites. The data for this study was collected via structured questionnaires, Focus Group Discussion, direct observation and secondary sources. Field observation using line transect was used to estimate the population size of pest primates and to estimate the crop loss due to pest primates. The collected data was analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Science. Chi-square test was employed to compare number of Anubis baboon and Vervet monkey counted during dry and wet season and also was employed to compare traditional methods used by the respondents. The result of the respondents should 66.1% and 12.4% existence of Human wildlife conflict manifested via crop damage and livestock predation respectively. The findings also showed that there was significantly different on the number of Anubis Baboon in dry and wet season (p

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