Comparative study between Sabah and Sarawak natives' belief on crocodile hunting / Alvin Thomas and Janet Empina Ahok

Generally the crocodile are respected by the local community and in some culture the harassing of crocodile is considered as taboo. The number of crocodile attack in Sabah and Sarawak has intensely increased year by year. This study, focuses on the belief of native of Sabah in Sungai Segama, Lahad Datu and Sarawak in Batang Lupar, Sri Aman on crocodile hunting, natives in the Lahad Datu and Sri Aman chosen as respondents due to this location has a great number of population of crocodiles in the river and the increase of human crocodile conflict in both states for the past few years. This study aims to determine the belief of natives of Sabah and Sarawak which native has a firm belief on crocodile, type of this study is correlational study, which the researchers interested in highlighting of the belief of native that can influence the perception on crocodile in Sabah and Sarawak. In this study,the researcher used the cross-sectional study which is to gather data, for this study our sample size is 60 both respectively in Sabah and Sarawak and 120 collectively from both states.