International Journal of Zoology Studies

Authors
Souraditya Chakraborty

Abstract
An elaborate study was conducted on the local peoples’ attitudes, expectations and perceptions towards human–elephant interaction in the fringing villages around Mahananda Wildlife sanctuary, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India. A set of questionnaire was formed and utilized for interviewing 253 individuals in 11 forest fringe villages around the sanctuary during 2015-2017. The perception and responses varied with age, sex, literacy of the respondents.