Living with Problem Animals—Self-Reported Fear of Potentially Dangerous Species in the Serengeti Region, Tanzania
Living with Problem Animals—Self-Reported Fear of Potentially Dangerous Species in the Serengeti Region, Tanzania
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与问题动物一起生活——坦桑尼亚塞伦盖蒂地区的自我报告对潜在危险物种的恐惧
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2006
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J. Nyahongo
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B. P. Kaltenborn;T. Bjerke;J. Nyahongo
我们研究了生活在坦桑尼亚塞伦盖蒂国家公园附近农村地区的村民自我报告的对大型食肉动物的恐惧与人口统计学特征之间的关系。数据来自8个村庄的593名受访者。言语表达态度的强度在很大程度上取决于态度对象是一般的还是特定的类别。对于特定种类的大型食肉动物，自我报告的恐惧程度远远高于一般食肉动物对安全的关注等广泛的口头类别。女人比男人更害怕。老年人表示较低的恐惧比其他年龄组，但只有在回答一般类别的问题。恐惧程度与受教育程度呈正相关。对于几乎所有的问题，住得离国家公园较远的村民比住得离公园较近的村民表达了更多的恐惧。恐惧会影响人们对野生动物的态度。了解与野生动物的接触是积极的还是消极的，可以帮助制定有效减少人类与野生动物冲突的管理策略。
We examined the relationship between self-reported fear of large carnivores and the demographic characteristics of villagers living in a rural district adjacent to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Data were obtained from 593 respondents living in 8 villages. The intensity of verbally expressed attitudes was heavily dependent on whether the attitude object was of a general or a specific category. Level of self-reported fear was much higher for specific species of large carnivores than for broad verbal categories like concern over safety due to carnivores in general. Women were more afraid than men. The elderly expressed lower fear than other age groups, but only in response to the general category question. Level of fear was positively correlated with educational level. For almost all questions, villagers living further away from the national park expressed more fear than villagers living closer to the park. Fear can influence attitudes toward wildlife. Understanding whether encounters with wildlife are experienced as positive or negative can help in forming management strategies that are effective in reducing human–wildlife conflicts.