Understanding Attitudes Toward the Control of Nonnative Wild and Feral Mammals: Similarities and Differences in the Opinions of the General Public, Animal Protectionists, and Conservationists in New Zealand (Aotearoa)

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-17

  Farnworth, Mark J ^a   Watson, Helen ^a   Adams, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

animal welfare; conservation; feral; introduced mammal; lethal control; nonlethal control; pest

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAT; DEER; DOG; DOMESTIC HORSE; FERAL ANIMAL; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LETHAL CONTROL; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PEST ORGANISM; PUBLIC OPINION; RAT; SHOOTING; TRAP NEUTER RELEASE; TRICHOSURUS; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHALANGERIDAE; RATTUS;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; NEW ZEALAND; PEST CONTROL; PUBLIC OPINION; RABBITS; RATS; TRICHOSURUS;

EID: 84893744001     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: 15327604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2013.799414     Document Type: Article

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