What is the meaning of human-wildlife conflict?

Human-wildlife conflict is an event when contact between humans and wildlife usually has negative consequences. Usually those conflicts include loss of property, livelihoods, and even life. Defensive and retaliatory killing may eventually drive these species to extinction.

Human-wildlife conflict is universal, that affects rich and poor, and is bad news for all concerned.

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