Research Article
Population Density of Wild Animals and Their Conflict in Konasa_Pulasa Community Conserved Forest, Omo Valley, Southern Ethiopia
Table 8
Economic loss due to domestic animals’ depredation in the last two years (2019-2020) around Konasa-Pulasa conserved forest.
| | Economic loss (US$) due to livestock depredation and distance of villages (km) | | Types of livestock | Wonchiro (0.5–1 km) | Mehal (1-2 km) | Damota (2-3 km) | Sutancho (3-4 km) | Sorto (4-5 km) | Total | Average price per livestock in US$ | Total loss in US$ |
| | Poultry | 48 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 120 | 6.87 | 824.4 | | Sheep | 29 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 98 | 54.82 | 5,372.36 | | Cattle | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 465.94 | 9,318.8 | | Horse | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 411.13 | 4,933.56 | | Goat | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 68.52 | 822.24 | | Donkey | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 274.08 | 1,644.48 | | Mule | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 493.36 | 1,480.08 | | Total | 102 | 69 | 48 | 34 | 18 | 271 | | 24,395.92 | | Percent | 37.6 | 25.5 | 17.7 | 12.5 | 6.6 | | | |
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Note. 1 US$ is worth 36.48466 Ethiopian Birr during the study period.
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