The positive experience of encountering wolves in the wild
Large carnivores often impact human livelihoods and well‐being. Previous research has mostly focused on the negative impacts of large carnivores on human well‐being but has rarely considered the positive aspects of living with large carnivores. In particular, we know very little on people's dir...
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ftunivfrankfurt:oai:publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de:56554 2023-12-17T10:28:37+01:00 The positive experience of encountering wolves in the wild Arbieu, Ugo Albrecht, Jörg Mehring, Marion Bunnefeld, Nils Reinhardt, Ilka Mueller, Thomas 2020-02-26 application/octet-stream http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/56554 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-565547 https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.184 http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/files/56554/container.zip eng eng http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/56554 urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-565547 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-565547 https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.184 http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/files/56554/container.zip http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess ddc:590 article doc-type:article 2020 ftunivfrankfurt https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.184 2023-11-19T23:42:31Z Large carnivores often impact human livelihoods and well‐being. Previous research has mostly focused on the negative impacts of large carnivores on human well‐being but has rarely considered the positive aspects of living with large carnivores. In particular, we know very little on people's direct experiences with large carnivores like personal encounters and on people's awareness and tolerance toward their exposure to large carnivores. Here, we focus on the wolf (Canis lupus), and report on a phone survey in Germany. We examined whether encounters with wolves were positive or negative experiences and quantified people's awareness and tolerance related to their exposure to wolves. We found that the majority of people reported positive experiences when encountering wolves, regardless of whether wolves were encountered in the wild within Germany, in the wild abroad, or in captivity. The frequency of encounters did not affect the probability to report positive, neutral, or negative experiences. Moreover, people in Germany expressed a high tolerance of living in close vicinity to wolves. These findings are novel and important because they highlight the positive aspects of living in proximity with large carnivores in human‐dominated landscapes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Conservation Science and Practice 2 5 |
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Large carnivores often impact human livelihoods and well‐being. Previous research has mostly focused on the negative impacts of large carnivores on human well‐being but has rarely considered the positive aspects of living with large carnivores. In particular, we know very little on people's direct experiences with large carnivores like personal encounters and on people's awareness and tolerance toward their exposure to large carnivores. Here, we focus on the wolf (Canis lupus), and report on a phone survey in Germany. We examined whether encounters with wolves were positive or negative experiences and quantified people's awareness and tolerance related to their exposure to wolves. We found that the majority of people reported positive experiences when encountering wolves, regardless of whether wolves were encountered in the wild within Germany, in the wild abroad, or in captivity. The frequency of encounters did not affect the probability to report positive, neutral, or negative experiences. Moreover, people in Germany expressed a high tolerance of living in close vicinity to wolves. These findings are novel and important because they highlight the positive aspects of living in proximity with large carnivores in human‐dominated landscapes. |
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Arbieu, Ugo Albrecht, Jörg Mehring, Marion Bunnefeld, Nils Reinhardt, Ilka Mueller, Thomas |
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The positive experience of encountering wolves in the wild |
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