Human-Macaque Conflict
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Human-Macaque Conflict
at the Main Campus of UKM
STUDY SITE
- near UKM Permanent Forest Reserve(100ha)
- many small forest fragments among clustered residential colleges(RC)
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Survey Questionaire
- 766 respondents from 8 RCs(stayed at least 1 sem)
- questionaires distributed randomly
Types of questions
- Knowledge about macaques
- Attitude concerning macaques
- Experience of nuisance behaviour
- Knowledge about nuisance behaviour
- Suggestions and decisions to overcome problems
Knowledge about Macaques
- 61.7% could differentiate long/pig- tailed
- Most sighted were sub-adults and adults.
- More than half could not differentiate between sexes.
Photo by meli-lewis
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- most encounters are during evening
- most often 1-10 macaques
- detection based on sight, messy surroudings, calls
- majority thinks macaques are nuisance and bring risk
macaque group size in UKM from 18 to 56, therefore prefer to forage in smaller subgroups
Photo by John Mauremootoo
Attitudes
- majority dislike macaque presence(~93%)
- 76.2% scared of macaque
- 15% given food
chasing due to food and territory
Photo by rgmcfadden
Experience of nuisance behaviour
- almost all had hostel messed up or witnessed macaque disturbance
- more than half had property taken or chased
- most break in due to open window
- high direct aggression
Understanding of nuisance behaviour
- closed but insecured bin do not deter macaque
- macaque only sighted near waste dumps, rarely dorm
Photo by garryknight
