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Spotted hyenas in Addis Ababa, May 2014

Spotted hyenas are widely distributed in Ethiopia specifically in the eastern parts like Harar and Somali Region. They also dwell in urban areas like Addis Ababa where they have been estimated at about a thousand and scavenge rubbish substances and feral dogs and cats. Scavenging on remains is a common feature of spotted hyenas that focus around waste material and also corpses.

Hyenas also known for preying on domestic animals and livestock that can cause economic loss to farmers. For example, sheep is the most common prey for hyenas constituting 37.4% followed by goats, cattle, chicken and donkey.[1] Hyena attacks on human also reported where many people killed during nighttime and mostly homeless people. Many hyenas extensively fed on human corpses during the 1960 coup d'état and the Red Terror.

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