Attitudes toward large carnivores among sheep farmers, wildlife managers, and research biologists in Norway

摘要: Abstract The intensity of the carnivore versus livestock conflicts in Norway is increasing. This study compares attitudes toward large carnivores (bear, wolf, lynx, and wolverine) among Norwegian sheep farmers, wildlife managers, research biologists, using Kellert's (1991) attitude typology. Wildlife managers biologists endorsed ecologistic naturalistic attitudes, had low scores on dominionistic, negativistic, utilitarian attitudes. Researchers higher than moralistic Sheep farmers expressed opposite profile through high utilitarian, ecologistic, moralistic, In a multiple regression analysis age, gender, education, occupation, residency during childhood were associated with carnivores.