Development of perception test for human-wildlife conflict

The present study was conducted in two districts namely, Erode and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu State with sample size of 60 farmers to develop a perception test for Human-wildlife conflict (HWC). Eight components of Human-wildlife conflict perception of affected farmers, Socio-cultural Impact, economic impact, reasons for HWC, responsibility in reducing HWC, efforts of villagers after HWC, eco centrisim, antropocentrism and environmental apathy were selected based on relevancy weightage and scale value.