How often do hyaenas attack or kill humans?
Although the paleoanthropological record from some parts of the world suggest members of the hyaena family (eg., Pachycrocuta)once commonly preyed on humans (eg., on Peking man in China), this is no longer true and attacks on humans in the modern world are rare. Each year a very small number of Africans are mauled or killed by spotted hyenas in rural areas, most frequently when sleeping unprotected in the bush or moving about in the bush near dawn or dusk. Occasionally a hyaena will contract rabies and attack in broad daylight. Occasionally spotted hyaenas have been known to enter tents and drag out a human from the interior, but only under two special circumstances: when the tent is left unzipped or when meat is also present inside the tent with the attacked person. Thousands of tourists sleep in tents every night without problems in African game parks that are densely populated by spotted hyaenas, so there is no need at all to worry about hyaenas breaking in. Striped and brown hyaena
