摘要
人类遭大型食肉动物袭击有时会造成对食肉动物保护工作的强大的抵触情绪。我们回顾了在大型食肉动物保护工作中致力于解决人类安全问题的研究工作,并在我们所得到的如下几方面的调查结果的基础上,对有关遭袭击的频率和原因方面的陈述进行评估:①有关在世界不同地区遭大型食肉动物袭击次数的资林②提供遭袭击细节的信息系统;③就遭遇大型食肉动物时如何应对的问题提出可靠建议的研究工作,目的是尽量减少遭袭击的可能性。我们的结论是,上述各标准中的现存信息很少,并且现有的信息往往不足以确定袭击的频率、袭击的原因以及如何避免上述袭击。我们建议为大型食肉动物保护工作建立信息系统(包括有关人类遭袭击和人类与食肉动物相遇的数据库),以便提供相关信息并满足将来对这些信息的需求。
Attacks by large carnivores on humans can occasionally help to generate significant resistance to carnivore conservation efforts.We have reviewed research addressing concerns for human safety in large carnivore conservation,and have evaluated statements about the frequencies and causes of attacks based on our findings concerning i) existing data on the number of attacks by large carnivores in various parts of the world;ii) information systems documenting details of attacks;and iii) research that provides credible advice on what to do when encountering a large carnivore,to minimize the likelihood of being attacked.We conclude that little information exists for any of these criteria and what is available is often inadequate to determine the frequency of attacks,their causes and how to avoid them.We suggest that information systems,including database(s) on attacks and encounters, should be established for large carnivore conservation efforts,to supply information and to answer future requests for this information.
