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ArticleScientific reports2022

Sloth bear attacks: regional differences and safety messaging.

Thomas R Sharp, Tom S Smith, Shanmugavelu Swaminathan, Attur S Arun

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas R SharpWildlife SOS, 406 East 300 South, No. 302, Salt Lake City, UT, 84111, USA. thomas@wildlifesos.org.
Tom S SmithBrigham Young University, 5050 Life Sciences Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
Shanmugavelu SwaminathanBannerghatta Bear Rescue and Rehab Centre, Wildlife SOS, Bangalore, 560083, India.
Attur S ArunBannerghatta Bear Rescue and Rehab Centre, Wildlife SOS, Bangalore, 560083, India.
Brigham Young University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sloth bears behave aggressively toward humans when threatened and are among the most dangerous wildlife in India. Safety messaging for those who live in sloth bear country must be accurate to be effective, and messaging may need to be modified to account for regional differences in human-bear relationships. The timing of sloth bear attacks on the Deccan Plateau of Karnataka, both by season and by time of day, deviated enough from those reported in other areas such that it warranted further investigation. We compared data from eight studies of human-sloth bear conflict from across the Indian subcontinent and explored possibilities as to why differences exist. Seasonally all studies reported that human-sloth bear conflict was highest when human activity in the forest was greatest, though the season of highest human activity varied significantly by region (χ

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SlothsUrsidaeAnimalsAnimals, WildForestsHumansIndiaSeasons

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PMID35273273
PMCPMC8913655
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