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Food-conditioned bears cause human injuries and fatalities as well as concern for property, human health and safety. Broad- scale actions play a key role in understanding conflicts (research) and implementing effective solutions (legislative, financial, technical, etc.). In the High Tatras, food-conditioned brown bears have been recorded since...

For her PhD, Zsófia Szabó is investigating the relationship between grey wolves and their prey in the Bükk Plateau, using camera traps set up by the Bükk National Park Directorate. Her aim is to prove or disprove the observations on the return of the wolf and the behavioural change of game using scientific methods.

Ábrahám tries to enable a relatively conflict-free coexistence between humans and large carnivores in the rural regions of Northern Hungary by providing farmers with Kuvasz dogs. As a trained wildlife conservationist, dog breeder and hunter he easily finds his way to assist the work of various stakeholder groups. Experienced as a game warden...