Journal
ORYX
Volume 45, Issue 1, Pages 28-34Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310000359
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Crop raiding; Hippopotamus amphibius; human-wildlife conflict; location; Ruaha National Park; Tanzania
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- Woodland Park, Pittsburgh and Columbus Zoos
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Categorized as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, the common hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius is under considerable pressure from habitat degradation and hunting. Although human-hippopotamus conflict is known to increase retaliatory killing and culling of hippopotamuses, the issue has been little examined. Using interviews I investigated various spatial, ecological and agricultural factors that influence the vulnerability of farms to crop raiding by hippopotamuses in three villages to the south-east of Ruaha National Park, Tanzania. There was a positive correlation between these crop-raiding events and a farm's proximity to the river and to hippopotamus access points (places where hippopotamuses leave and enter the river). Results from this study provide insights for management and conservation of hippopotamuses, including a need to identify key habitat areas to mitigate future conflict.
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