Table 1 Sloth bear attack studies.

From: Sloth bear attacks: regional differences and safety messaging

Location

Years

# of Attacks

Authors

Published

Madya Pradesh

1989–1994

735

Rajpurohit and Krausman

2000

Chhattisgarh

1998–2000

137

Bargali et al

2005

Sri Lanka

1938–2004

271

Ratnayeke et al

2014

Gujarat

2008–2009

71

Garcia et al

2016

Odisha

2002–2013

167

Debata et al

2016

Kanha–Pench corridor

2004–2016

166

Dhamorikar et al

2017

Maharashtra

2009–2017

51

Singh et al

2018

Deccan Plateau

1985–2916

180

Sharp et al

2020