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Conclusions and Recommendation
This study revealed that farmers in the neighboring
villages of OONP losses several amount of money to
damages caused by primates on their farmlands.
Majority of the farmers however resulted into use of
fire arms and traps in controlling primate damages on
their farmlands. There is need to educate the farmers
on the importance of using wildlife damage control
that support wildlife conservation such as cultivating
on land unit that are clearly out of wild animal ranges
to minimize damages. Nigerian government should
also encourage farmers by compensating for losses
incur on farmlands due to wild animal damages, as a
means of encouraging favorable attitude of farmers
toward wild animal conservation.
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