Pet Ownership, Attitude Toward Pets, and Support for Wildlife Management Strategies

Shuttlewood, Cameron Z.; Greenwell, Phillip J.; Montrose, V. Tamara

doi:10.1080/10871209.2016.1116029

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“…Our study revealed that wildlife trappers and dog owners may be more similar in attitudes and perceptions about the multiple‐use management of public lands for both wildlife trapping and recreation with dogs than previously known. Pet owners’ commitment to biodiversity may be attributed to their intrinsic valuing of wildlife (Shuttlewood et al ). Although wildlife trappers may have a utilitarian view of wildlife, it is likely that pet owners exhibit moralistic or ecologistic attitudes for wildlife (Kellert and Berry ).…”

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“…Although wildlife trappers may have a utilitarian view of wildlife, it is likely that pet owners exhibit moralistic or ecologistic attitudes for wildlife (Kellert and Berry ). Given these motivations for wildlife, dog owners may be an important ally in supporting wildlife management for biodiversity conservation, even when specific animals may be harvested through techniques such as wildlife trapping (Shuttlewood et al ). Emotional connection to wildlife is important for motivating pro‐conservation behavioral intentions and can be an asset in broadening stakeholder support for wildlife management (Skibins et al ).…”

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“…Our study revealed that dog owners’ agreement that trappers should be allowed to trap on public lands was related to their satisfaction with public land management for both wildlife trapping and recreation with dogs. Engaging with pet‐based groups, such as dog owners, for wildlife management planning could have benefits to both dog owners and wildlife trappers (Shuttlewood et al ). This may be especially important if policies that require dogs to be constrained in some way (e.g., on a leash or under voice or sight command on public lands) are implemented to address or reduce potential conflicts and increase wildlife trappers’ satisfaction levels (Shuttlewood et al ).…”

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“…At the same time, the number of companion dogs, as well as the percent of households with dogs, steadily increased from 1987 to 2001 (Clancy and Rowan ), although a recent small decline occurred from 1.7 dogs/dog‐owning household in 2007 to 1.6 dogs/dog‐owning household in 2012 (American Veterinary Medical Association [AVMA] ). Currently, approximately 62% of U.S. households have pets, and likely half of these pets are dogs (Shuttlewood et al ).…”

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“…Despite recent polarization of furbearer management, pet owners are an important wildlife stakeholder (Schroeder and Fulton ). Owning a pet is related to support for some wildlife management strategies (Shuttlewood et al ). There is a need for a shared understanding of the attitudes and behaviors of wildlife trappers and dog owners, as well as the factors that contribute to satisfaction with management of public lands both for recreation with dogs and wildlife trapping.…”

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Limiting conflicts when managing public lands for furbearer trapping and dog‐related recreation

Triezenberg

Knuth

2018

Wildl. Soc. Bull.

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Resource users with different interests frequent public lands, resulting in opportunity for conflict. We examined the issue of interactions among wildlife trappers and dog owners by examining stakeholders' socio-demographics, land usage, concerns, attitudes, and satisfaction with multiuse public land management for recreation with dogs and furbearer trapping. We sent mail-back questionnaires to licensed dog owners (n ¼ 1,000; hereafter, dog owners) and licensed wildlife trappers (n ¼ 1,000; hereafter, wildlife trappers) in a 10-county area of New York, USA, during 2009. After weighting data, results revealed dog owners and wildlife trappers had differences in land usage patterns for all land types. Dog owners and wildlife trappers, regardless of whether they owned a dog, differed in all items except that they had similar levels of satisfaction for management of public lands in their region for both recreation with dogs and wildlife trapping. Seeing dogs under voice and sight command of their owner or trainer was positively related to satisfaction with management of public lands for wildlife trappers and agreement that dog owners have few places to take their dogs and allow them to run off-leash. Concern about dogs getting caught in wildlife traps was negatively related to satisfaction with public lands management for wildlife trappers. For dog owners, agreement that trappers should be allowed to trap on public lands was positively related to satisfaction. Our results suggest that state wildlife agencies seeking to improve stakeholder interactions and satisfaction with public land management for both wildlife trapping and recreation with dogs should promote the importance of dogs being under control through voice or sight command or directly on a leash, and should consider creating spaces for dogs to run off leash. Ó 2018 The Wildlife Society.

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Knuth

2018

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Attitudes of Social Media Users Toward Mountain Lions in North America

LaRue

Nielsen

2021

Wildlife Society Bulletin

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Social media is often used to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and engage the public, which can change the public's attitudes and behaviors and may be used to benefit conservation. Moreover, widespread social media use provides an alternative data sourcing platform to inexpensively access countless potential respondents. However, social media data have rarely been used in conservation regardless of the potential benefit to conservation science and practice. We administered a questionnaire via the #CougarOrNot Twitter game, a mountain lion‐focused social media campaign, during 26 December 2016 through 16 February 2018, to access a large respondent sample (n = 1,481) and assess a subset of social media users’ attitudes toward mountain lions in North America. We then used cumulative link models in an information theoretic approach to gauge the association between respondent level of engagement with #CougarOrNot and other sociodemographic predictors with user attitudes toward mountain lions. Respondent attitudes toward mountain lions were largely positive (83%), with frequent participants in #CougarOrNot, females, pet owners, nonconsumptive recreators, and households with fewer children exhibiting positive attitudes. #CougarOrNot participation had a stronger correlation with respondent attitudes toward mountain lions than commonly used predictors employed in prior studies (i.e. age, education level, livestock ownership). #CougarOrNot may promote positive attitudes toward mountain lions, though additional research is needed to determine the direct effects of playing the game. Stakeholders interested in mountain lion conservation or other conservation topics could be identified via social media networks attached to specific outreach campaigns and possibly mobilized to support conservation actions that aid mountain lions and conservation in general. © 2021 The Wildlife Society.

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2020

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Pet Ownership, Attitude Toward Pets, and Support for Wildlife Management Strategies

Cited by 28 publications

References 19 publications

Limiting conflicts when managing public lands for furbearer trapping and dog‐related recreation

Limiting conflicts when managing public lands for furbearer trapping and dog‐related recreation

Attitudes of Social Media Users Toward Mountain Lions in North America

Pets and Working Animals in WDAS Films

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