The Europarc Conference 2018 took part in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland last month. In a workshop on Fear versus facts: effective communication, a means to improve co-existence with large carnivores in protected areas several different case studies on communicating about large carnivores to improve coexistence with large carnivores in protected areas were presented. Experts in large carnivores and protected area professionals discussed means to address fear and agreed on further actions and trainings.