[Animals] Why do animals attack humans in the wild?

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 it's afraid and then runs away," he explains. 

While Servheen says bears involved in these types of attacks are rarely removed or put down, both the cougar and grizzly bear were euthanised after these altercations. As human-wildlife conflicts increase due to sprawling human po[CENSORED]tions and resource shortages caused by climate change, such outcomes may become all too common and ultimately hinder conservation efforts long term. Human-wildlife conflict has already resulted in the decimation of wolf po[CENSORED]tions in Europe and the United States, and the extinction of tiger subspecies in the southern hemisphere.

"There is a lot of attention around these attacks, but in reality the number of attacks is very low," says Vincenzo Penteriani, a researcher for the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). According to a 2023 study co-authored by Penteriani, there were 5,089 large carnivore attacks worldwide between 1950 and 2019. Only 32% of those resulted in human fatalities, with two-thirds of these fatalities caused by large cats such as lions and cougars.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240815-why-wild-animals-attack-humans