Packer Craig, Ikanda Dennis, Kissui Bernard, Kushnir Hadas
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA.
Nature. 2005 Aug 18;436(7053):927-8. doi: 10.1038/436927a.
Large carnivores inspire opposition to conservation efforts owing to their impact on livestock and human safety. Here we analyse the pattern of lion attacks over the past 15 years on humans in Tanzania, which has the largest population of lions in Africa, and find that they have killed more than 563 Tanzanians since 1990 and injured at least 308. Attacks have increased dramatically during this time: they peak at harvest time each year and are most frequent in areas with few prey apart from bush pigs (Potamochoerus larvatus), the most common nocturnal crop pest. Our findings provide an important starting point for devising strategies to reduce the risk to rural Tanzanians of lion attacks.
大型食肉动物因其对牲畜和人类安全的影响而引发了对保护工作的反对。在此，我们分析了过去15年中坦桑尼亚狮子对人类的攻击模式，坦桑尼亚拥有非洲最多的狮子种群，我们发现自1990年以来，狮子已导致超过563名坦桑尼亚人死亡，至少308人受伤。在此期间，攻击事件急剧增加：每年在收获季节达到峰值，并且在除了丛林猪（非洲河猪）之外猎物稀少的地区最为频繁，丛林猪是最常见的夜间作物害虫。我们的研究结果为制定降低坦桑尼亚农村地区狮子攻击风险的策略提供了重要的起点。
