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Published online 17 August 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050815-4
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Lion attacks on the rise
Bush pigs lure lions to homesteads where they attack farmers.
Lions are killing people in Tanzania three times as often as they did 15 years ago, according to a survey. The authors of the study say that farmers should clear their land of bush pigs, an attractive prey to lions, to reduce the number of clashes between lions and local people.
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