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Table 1 Major livestock predators sighted by respondents in and around BMNP (%)

From: Humans-livestock predators conflict in the Central and Eastern Part of Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

Predators

AT

WT

FA

WA

IS

Rira

Total

Spotted hyena

2.69

3.89

2.99

0.9

3.3

0

13.77

Olive baboon

2.4

2.99

1.8

1.8

1.2

0

10.19

African wolf

0

0

0

0

0

4.5

4.5

Spotted hyena and olive baboon

14.37

6.59

4.5

7.19

0.3

0

32.95

Spotted hyena, olive baboon and African wolf

6.29

5.09

3

4.79

5.99

2.7

27.86

Aardvark and genet

5.09

2.99

0

2.1

1.2

0

11.38

Ethiopian wolf

0

0

1.5

0

0

1.8

3.3

Lion

0

0

0

0

0

0.9

0.9

Leopard

0

0

0

0

0

1.5

1.5

No predation

4.49

3.59

3.89

4.49

8.38

2.1

26.95

  1. Kebeles: AT-Aloshe Tilo (> 5 km far), WT-Weltai Tosha (> 5 km far), WA-Weltai Azira (> 5 km far), FA-Fassil Angesso (< 1 km close), IS-Ititu Sura (> 1–5 km far), and Rira (within the Park)