Taiwanese attitudes toward the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) and its potential reintroduction,Human Dimensions of Wildlife

当前位置： X-MOL 学术 › Hum. Dimens. Wildl. › 论文详情

Our official English website, www.x-mol.net, welcomes your feedback! (Note: you will need to create a separate account there.)

Taiwanese attitudes toward the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) and its potential reintroduction
Human Dimensions of Wildlife ( IF 1.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-02-18 , DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2020.1728789
Evan Greenspan, Anthony J. Giordano, Clayton K. Nielsen, Nick Ching-Min Sun, Kurtis Jai-Chyi Pei

ABSTRACT Social acceptance is crucial to reintroduction projects involving large felids, yet few studies have assessed public attitudes toward reintroduction candidates prior to release. To assess attitudes toward clouded leopards, a reintroduction candidate in Taiwan, we conducted interviews with 263 rural indigenous locals in southern Taiwan and distributed an internet questionnaire to 500 Taiwanese urbanites. Rural and urban attitudes were 67% and 76% positive toward clouded leopards, respectively. Higher knowledge about clouded leopards, male respondents, and younger-aged respondents were positively correlated with rural attitudes toward clouded leopards. Comparably, an increase in knowledge, male respondents, and those with more household children were positively associated with urban attitudes. Additionally, 67% of rural and 71% of urban respondents exhibited positive attitudes toward clouded leopard competitors and prey in Taiwan, respectively. Our findings suggest that clouded leopard reintroduction may already be well-supported among members of Taiwanese indigenous nations and more broadly by the general public.

更新日期：2020-02-18

点击分享查看原文

点击收藏

阅读更多本刊新发论文本刊介绍/投稿指南