SRINAGAR, Mar 5: Kashmir has witnessed a rise in the cases of man-animal conflict in recent times, with the experts blaming the interference of humans in wildlife habitats as the main reason for such incidents, according to experts.“Human-wildlife conflict has certainly escalated greatly in the past few years in Jammu and Kashmir,” regional wildlife warden, Kashmir, Rashid Naqash said here.He said from 2006 till the end of 2022, the man-animal conflict has claimed 242 lives and 2,940 people have been injured in such incidents.