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Interview

Locals and victims of the bear attack were asked different We tried to analyze their sentiments to understand their attitudes towards the
questions to identify their knowledge and perceptions bear. For sentiment analysis we use free software. We wanted to find out the
people's perception towards the sloth bear like; “Is Sloth bear presence a
RESULTS bear habitat, with a total of 805 respondents (121 attack have used three different free software for accuracy of the results and all the
about the sloth bears. A structured questionnaire survey
blessing?”, “Is Sloth bear a threat to humans?” and “Do we save the bears?”. We
was carried out in the 56 villages in the vicinity of sloth
software gave the negative sentiment score towards the sloth bear. So these
victims and 684 non-victims). When people were asked if
results conclude that the local people unappreciated the sloth bear. The results
they felt sloth bears were a threat to humans, 60% agreed,
of sentiment analysis is mentioned below:
21% disagreed, and 19% were unsure. In answer to the
question of whether they feel the absence of bears near
their villages as a blessing, 49% agreed, 9% disagreed, and
43% were unsure. About the trend in the sloth bear A. Denial Scoper: https://www.danielsoper.com/sentimentanalysis/default.aspx
population over the past few years, only 5% of people said
it has decreased, whereas most respondents (48%) believe Interpretation: This text has a sentiment score

it has increased, 21% said it is stable, and 26% were of -47.3. This means that the overall sentiment
unsure. About the protection of bears, 25% of respondents is quite negative / serious.
believe sloth bears need protection, 25% disagree, and
50% are unsure. On asking if sloth bears cause any
economic harm, 18% said bears cause damage to maize
crops, whereas 81% disagreed and 1% remained unsure.

Is Sloth bear a threat to human? Does Sloth bear need protection?
B. Monkeylearn: https://monkeylearn.com/sentiment-analysis-online/

Interpretation: This text has a 59.4% sentiment. This means that the overall
sentiment is quite negative.
Does Sloth bear presence a blessing?

C. Free sentiment analysis demo: https://text2data.com/Demo

Interpretation: This text is -1.00. This means that the overall sentiment is
negative.

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