A comparison of attitudes towards introduced wildlife in New Zealand in 1994 and 2012

摘要: Attitudes play an important role in introduced wildlife management. The attitudes of New Zealanders to and their control were surveyed 2012, compared with 1994. widely established herbivores such as deer, possums rabbits have remained consistent, whereas those for goats, pigs uncommon species thar, chamois wallabies are changing. generally accept that large mammals both a resource pest requiring management control. small rabbits, predators mustelids rodents, negative focused on or extermination using multiple methods. Less than 1% respondents felt doing nothing was acceptable, but acceptability poisons has declined. Future animals Zealand will need be situational utilise mixed methods appropriate different demographics stakeholders, while appropriately resol...