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Social and environmental factors influencing contemporary cases of wolf aggression towards people in Poland

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dc.abstract.enUnderstanding factors and mechanisms causing large carnivore aggression towards people is crucial for their conservation in modern human-dominated landscapes. We present detailed descriptions of wolf attacks on people in early summer 2018 in two areas of Poland, analysis of behaviour, fitness and origin of individuals responsible for the attacks and management actions undertaken by local communities as well as governmental bodies and non-governmental organisations. We show that attacks were caused by yearling wolves (13-month-old male and 14-month-old female) originating from local packs, which appeared near households several months prior to incidents. Both individuals were positively food-conditioned and showed increasing habituation caused by irresponsible behaviour of people such as long-lasting intentional feeding or illegal keeping. Post mortem necropsy revealed obesity and serious abnormality of spleen (polysplenia) in the problem female wolf that negatively impacted her fitness and was the most likely reason for her presence near households and feeding on leftovers. Despite prolonged observations of these wolves very close to human settlements (less than 30 m), no mitigation actions were undertaken until the attacks, after which both individuals were killed. We provide several recommendations to avoid aggressive human-carnivore encounters.
dc.affiliationUniwersytet Warszawski
dc.contributor.authorSzewczyk, Maciej
dc.contributor.authorTomczak, Patrycja
dc.contributor.authorCałus, Izabela
dc.contributor.authorFigura, Michał
dc.contributor.authorNowak, Sabina
dc.contributor.authorMysłajek, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T07:51:18Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T07:51:18Z
dc.date.copyright2021-07-12
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.accesstimeAT_PUBLICATION
dc.description.financePublikacja bezkosztowa
dc.description.number4
dc.description.versionFINAL_PUBLISHED
dc.description.volume67
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/S10344-020-01455-1
dc.identifier.issn1612-4642
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.uw.edu.pl//handle/item/120085
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-020-01455-1
dc.languageeng
dc.pbn.affiliationbiological sciences
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Wildlife Research
dc.relation.pages1-12
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.subject.enCanis lupus
dc.subject.enhuman safety
dc.subject.enanimal attacks
dc.subject.enhabituation
dc.subject.enfood conditioning
dc.subject.enconflict management
dc.titleSocial and environmental factors influencing contemporary cases of wolf aggression towards people in Poland
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication