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The Ethiopian Wolf and Gelada Baboon) Conflict in and Around the Simien Mountains National Park HUMAN-WILDLIFE (THE ETHIOPIAN WOLF AND GELADA BABOON) CONFLICT IN AND AROUND THE SIMIEN MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of Addis Ababa University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Biology By Mesele Yihune Addis Ababa University Department of Biology July, 2006 1 Dedication This work has been dedicated to my father (Ato Yihune Tamene) and mother (W/ro Mulatua Mebrate). I wish you could have lived to see my success and rejoice with me. Dad and Mum, may the almighty God rest your soul in eternal peace. 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my best gratitude to my Advisors Professor Afework Bekele and Dr. Zelealem Tefera for their invitation to conduct this study, excellent guidance, supervision and invaluable suggestion for the success of this work. I sincerely thank the Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) for providing me the fund to conduct this study. Special thanks go to the Amhara Regional State Park Authority for allowing me to conduct the research in the Simien Mountains National Park. It is my pleasure to thank staff members of the Simien Mountains National Park Office for their contribution in many aspects. Especially, I would like to thank Ato Nigussie Tsegaye (Park Warden) for his invaluable support. I am indebted to Ato Deribe Deksiyos (Ecologist in SMNP) and Ato Zeleke Tigabe (Education and community development worker in SMNP) for providing me with helpful information. I also thank Ato Getachew Assefa (field assistant of Afro-alpine Ecosystem Conservation Program) for introducing me the study area and assisting me in data collection. I am grateful to the staff of Kebele Administration for their co- ordination by organizing the community. I am also grateful to the staff of Abergina Primary School and Ambaras Health Center for their assistance and hospitality. Special thanks to W/t Kibirsew Mulatu for providing me useful data on the population status and economic activity of different villages. I would like to thank W/ro Tiruwork Bekele (librarian in Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Organization) for her eagerness to help me and for her hospitality and I am also indebted to Ato Wondwosen Assefa (staff of Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Organization) for helping me in drawing map of the study area. I sincerely wish to thank my friends and other graduate students for their company, moral support and friendship. The help provided by the administration of Biology Department, AAU is greatly appreciated. Last but not least, my everlasting gratitude goes to my lovely family for their encouragement and support from the very beginning till the end of the study. 3 Table of content Page Dedication............................................................................................................................i Acknowledgement………………………………………………………............…......….ii List of tables ………………………………..…………………….……............…............vi List of figures ……………………………………………………….…….......................vii List of appendices ……………………………………...……………….........................viii Abstract………………………………….............…………………………......................ix 1. Introduction......................................................................................................................1 2. Literature Review ............................................................................................................4 2.1. The Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada)....................................................…...4 2.1.1. Habitat and feeding behavior .........................................….........................5 2.1.2. Distribution .....................................................................................…........5 2.1.3. Reproduction ...............................................................................................6 2.1.4. Social behavior.............................................................................................7 2.2. The Ethiopian wolf .................................................................................................8 2.2.1. Habitat and feeding behavior .........................................................................9 2.2.2. Distribution ....................................................................................................9 2.2.3. Reproduction ..................................................................................................9 2.2.4. Social behavior ............................................................................….............10 2.3. Human-wildlife conflict .......................................................................…..............11 2.3.1. Human-carnivore conflict ............................................................….............12 2.3.2. Human-herbivore conflict .............................................................................14 2.3.3. Human impact on wildlife ............................................................................15 2.3.4. Public attitude towards wildlife ....................................................................17 3. Objectives......................................................................................................................18 3.1. General objectives...................................................................................................18 3.2. Specific objectives..................................................................................................18 4. The Study area .............................................................................................................19 4.1. Location..................................................................................................................19 4.2. Topography ............................................................................................................21 4 4.3. Geology...................................................................................................................21 4.4. Soil..........................................................................................................................22 4.5. Climate ........................................................................................................….......22 4.5.1. Temperature........................................................................................ ..........23 4.5.2. Rainfall .............................................................................................….....…23 4.6. Accessibility............................................................................................................23 4.7. Land use and settlement .........................................................................................24 4.8. Vegetation...............................................................................................................24 4.9. Fauna.......................................................................................................................26 5. Methods................................................................................................…......................27 5.1. Preliminary study .....................................................................….........................27 5.2. Pilot survey..............................................................................…..........................27 5.3. Data collection ........................................................................…..........................27 5.3.1. Questionnaire survey....................................................................................27 5.3.2. Faecal analysis.................................................................….........................28 5.3.3. Direct observation on crop damage by Gelada baboon..........…..................29 5.4. Data analysis..................................................................................….....................30 6.Results.............................................................................................................................31 6.1. Questionnaire survey...............................................................…..........................31 6.1.1. Socio-economic pattern...............................................................................31 6.1.2. Resource utilization.....................................................................................37 6.1.3. Conservation attitude towards wildlife...........................….........................40 6.1.4. Human-wildlife conflict...............................................................................44 6.1.4.1 Conflict with Ethiopian wolf..........................................................45 6.1.4.2 Conflict with gelada baboon...........................................................48 6.2. Faecal Analysis.........................................................................................................53 6.2.1. Ethiopian Wolf Faecal Analysis...................................................................53 6.2.2. Gelada baboon faecal analyses.....................................................................54 6.3. Direct observation on the damage caused by Gelada baboon.................................55 6.3.1. Analysis of variation in crop damage between villages...................................56 6.3.2. Damaged crop by Gelada baboon....................................................................56 5 7. Discussion......................................................................................................................58
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