Carnivore attacks on humans are becoming more common and climate change is not helping
Attacks on humans by carnivorous animals have risen steadily since the 1950s, as growing human populations in new areas make such incidents more common, according to a study published last week. According to other experts, climate change may also be contributing to increased human-wildlife conflict.The report, which includes 33 contributors, was published in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Biology. Over the course of 70 years, the collected attack incidents were compiled from personal data sets, published literature, and news reports. A contributor to the report, Vincenzo Penteriani, an ecologist with Spain's National Council for Scientific Research, said the population increase has…
