Influence of attitudes toward wildlife on preferences for management of American black bears

Liu, Hung-Ling; Sharp, Ryan L.

doi:10.2192/ursu-d-17-00016.2

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“…The questionnaire was structured to collect information regarding respon-Natural Resources dents' knowledge of and perceptions toward black bear populations, exposure to informational pamphlets/flyers, views and opinions of black bears, current/potential wildlife management practices, regulated hunting of black bears, feelings toward wildlife in general, and personal/demographic information. The researchers applied questions from black bear studies in the region [3] [22] [23].…”

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“…Also, research participants were asked to report their attitude toward regulated hunting (both general and black bear specific) with support, oppose, and neuter as options. Also, a list of black bear management actions was utilized to assess the publics' perspectives in black bear management strategies including both lethal and non-lethal actions, such as education about human-bear conflicts, situational relocation, regulated bear hunting, and euthanize problem bears [23].…”

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“…This may assist agencies in efforts to influence resident perceptions regarding the need for relocation of bears near residential property. It might be helpful to have an integrated management regime combining various management strategies: 1) using regulated hunting based on the density and distribution black bear and remove individual nuisance bears; 2) applying aggressive education programs to inform the public about what can be done to avoid human-bear conflicts [23] [34]. By implementing a regulated bear hunting season, agencies could improve public awareness regarding bear populations and improve perceptions of management efforts.…”

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Resident Perceptions of Black Bear Management in South Central Kentucky

Liu¹,

Bradley²,

Wu³

et al. 2019

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The growth and sprawl of the American black bear (Ursus americanus) population have been observed and monitored in the past two decades, especially in south-central Kentucky. To better manage human-black bear interaction and develop informed policy and best practices, the current study sought to 1) understand south-central Kentucky residents' current knowledge of and previous experience with black bears, 2) investigate residents' attitudes toward black bears and regulated hunting in wildlife management; and 3) identify residents' level of acceptance of various black bear related management actions in south-central Kentucky. From February to April 2017, residents of London and Stearns districts (southeastern regions) of the Daniel Boone National Forest, a black bear habitat, were invited to participate in this study. The results from 139 completed surveys showed that residents lacked sufficient knowledge about black bear populations in the region and received minimal information regarding black bear management efforts. In comparison to education efforts and relocation, regulated black bear hunting could be a cost-effective option to promote responsible use of wildlife resources and black bear population control. This study provided lessons and recommendations for black bear management in south-central Kentucky and may be of utilization for any other wildlife conservation areas.

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Resident Perceptions of Black Bear Management in South Central Kentucky

Liu¹,

Bradley²,

Wu³

et al. 2019

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“…In urban areas, lethal control is often impractical and it is inappropriate where bears are protected, such as the Louisiana black bear (U. americanus luteolus in Louisiana, USA [33]) and the brown bear (U. arctos) in parts of Europe [34]. Additionally, lethal management is increasingly unpalatable to the general public [31,35,36], with many residents considering lethal responses to conflict black bears unacceptable [30]. Intolerance for lethal management appears to be especially prominent in urban areas [37] where conflict is more likely [4,12,38].…”

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“…arctos ) in parts of Europe [ 34 ]. Additionally, lethal management is increasingly unpalatable to the general public [ 31 , 35 , 36 ], with many residents considering lethal responses to conflict black bears unacceptable [ 30 ]. Intolerance for lethal management appears to be especially prominent in urban areas [ 37 ] where conflict is more likely [ 4 , 12 , 38 ].…”

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Aversive conditioning increases short-term wariness but does not change habitat use in black bears associated with conflict

Homstol,

Raymond,

Edwards

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Conflict between humans and black bears (Ursus americanus) occurs throughout North America with increasing public demand to replace lethal management with non-lethal methods, such as aversive conditioning (AC). AC aims to teach animals to associate negative stimuli with humans or their infrastructure. We sought to test the efficacy of AC using radio-collared black bears in Whistler, British Columbia, by monitoring individuals and assigning those in conflict with people to control or treatment groups. We measured wariness using overt reaction distance, displacement distance, and reaction to researchers before, during and after executing 3–5-day AC programs that consisted of launching projectiles at bears in the treatment group. We also assessed predictors of successful AC events (i.e., leaving at a run), changes in bear use of human-dominated habitat during the day and at night, and the effects of including a sound stimulus to signal the beginning and end of AC events. Among treated bears, overt reaction distance increased by 46.5% and displacement distance increased by 69.0% following AC programs, whereas both overt reaction distance and displacement distance decreased over time among control group bears. Each additional AC event during the previous 30 days increased likelihood of bear departure in response to researcher presence by 4.5%. The success of AC events varied among individuals, declined with distance to cover, and increased with exposure to previous AC events. Projectiles launched from guns were slightly more effective at causing bears to displace compared to those launched from slingshots, and sound stimuli decreased the likelihood of a successful AC event. AC did not alter diurnal use by bears of human-dominated habitat. Our results suggest that AC effectively increases short-term wariness in black bears but does not alter bear use of human-dominated spaces, highlighting the importance of proactive attractant management and prevention of food conditioning.

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Influence of attitudes toward wildlife on preferences for management of American black bears

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Resident Perceptions of Black Bear Management in South Central Kentucky

Resident Perceptions of Black Bear Management in South Central Kentucky

Aversive conditioning increases short-term wariness but does not change habitat use in black bears associated with conflict

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