Fears, attitudes and opinions of suburban residents with regards to their urban foxes -: A case study in the community of Grunwald -: a suburb of Munich
Fears, attitudes and opinions of suburban residents with regards to their urban foxes -: A case study in the community of Grunwald -: a suburb of Munich
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10.1007/s10344-007-0117-z
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2008-02-01
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2
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Koenig, Andreas
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作者：
Koenig, Andreas
在整个中欧，狐狸已经占据了城市地区作为它们的栖息地。在德国南部，这些狐狸也是小型狐狸绦虫的携带者，这种绦虫会导致人类严重的人畜共患病感染。因此，在慕尼黑郊区进行了一项调查。通过邮寄问卷调查，分析了这些参与者对他们的城市狐狸的态度，意见和恐惧以及这些态度的背景。向所有有花园的家庭发送了纪念品，并通过社区理事会再次收集。779份或31%的问卷被收回。只有少数人害怕狐狸本身;然而，55%的人害怕狐狸绦虫。给动物打蠕虫是首选的对策，81%的人赞成。大多数居民都很高兴看到狐狸在社区里，并认为动物有生存的权利。人们害怕绦虫，要么是因为家里有孩子，要么是因为对这个问题的了解越来越多，要么是因为它越来越成为一个问题。根据这项研究的结果，可以预计，诸如杀死狐狸之类的激进解决办法不太可能被民众接受。然而，狐狸的寄生虫确实得到了普遍的认可。
Throughout Central Europe, foxes have taken over urban areas as their habitat. In Southern Germany, these foxes are also carriers of the small fox tapeworm, which causes a serious zoonotic infection in humans. Therefore, a survey was carried out in a suburb of the city of Munich. A postal questionnaire was used to analyse the attitudes, opinions and fears of these participants towards their urban foxes and the background to these attitudes. Questionnaires were sent to all households with gardens and collected in again via the community council. Seven hundred and seventy-nine or 31% of questionnaires were returned. Only a few people are afraid of the fox itself; however, 55% are afraid of the fox tapeworm. Worming the animals is the preferred counter-measure, with 81% in favour. The majority of inhabitants are pleased to see a fox in the community and feel the animals have a right to live. People are afraid of the tapeworm either because they have children in the household or because of increased knowledge of the subject or because it has increasingly become an issue. On the basis of the results of this study, it is to be expected that radical solutions such as killing the foxes are unlikely to be accepted among the population. Worming of the foxes does, however, meet with general approval.