The influence of income and loss on hunters' attitudes towards wild pigs and their management
Abstract Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most pervasive invasive species in North America. Wild pigs pose a threat to crops, livestock, and the environment, but also provide recreational hunting opportunities. There are avenues for some stakeholder groups to generate income from wild pigs, how...
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| author | Samantha J. Leivers Keith M. Carlisle Rachel L. Connally Maureen G. Frank John M. Tomeček |
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| description | Abstract Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most pervasive invasive species in North America. Wild pigs pose a threat to crops, livestock, and the environment, but also provide recreational hunting opportunities. There are avenues for some stakeholder groups to generate income from wild pigs, however, stakeholders vary in attitudes towards wild pigs and their management. We investigated whether financial loss and income resulting from wild pigs influenced hunter stakeholder attitudes towards their management in Texas. We examined how land use influenced hunting landowner attitudes towards wild pigs. We analyzed 22,176 responses (8,707 landowners, 13,469 nonlandowners) from Texas hunters to the Texas A&M Human Dimensions of Wild Pigs Survey. Attitudes towards wild pigs varied significantly based on landownership status and whether land was used for agricultural practices. In addition, landowners who received income from wild pigs on their land considered government or agency hunting to be a less acceptable method of control than those who did not generate such income. However, effect sizes for all our results were small (η2 ≤ 0.05, Adj. R2 ≤ 0.09, and McFadden's R2 ≤ 0.07) and, across all groups, attitudes towards wild pigs were negative. Few respondents (3.91% of landowners, 0.56% of non‐landowners) reported generating income from wild pigs, and reported losses were approximately 4 times greater than income. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bb36033039a94897b87164f6c40830d52023-08-21T21:45:19ZengWileyWildlife Society Bulletin2328-55402023-06-01472n/an/a10.1002/wsb.1439The influence of income and loss on hunters' attitudes towards wild pigs and their managementSamantha J. Leivers0Keith M. Carlisle1Rachel L. Connally2Maureen G. Frank3John M. Tomeček4Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management Texas A&M University 495 Horticulture Road College Station TX 77843 USADepartment of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Warner College of Natural Resources Colorado State University 1480 Campus Delivery Fort Collins CO 80523 USADepartment of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management Texas A&M University 495 Horticulture Road College Station TX 77843 USADepartment of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management Texas A&M University 495 Horticulture Road College Station TX 77843 USADepartment of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management Texas A&M University 495 Horticulture Road College Station TX 77843 USAAbstract Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most pervasive invasive species in North America. Wild pigs pose a threat to crops, livestock, and the environment, but also provide recreational hunting opportunities. There are avenues for some stakeholder groups to generate income from wild pigs, however, stakeholders vary in attitudes towards wild pigs and their management. We investigated whether financial loss and income resulting from wild pigs influenced hunter stakeholder attitudes towards their management in Texas. We examined how land use influenced hunting landowner attitudes towards wild pigs. We analyzed 22,176 responses (8,707 landowners, 13,469 nonlandowners) from Texas hunters to the Texas A&M Human Dimensions of Wild Pigs Survey. Attitudes towards wild pigs varied significantly based on landownership status and whether land was used for agricultural practices. In addition, landowners who received income from wild pigs on their land considered government or agency hunting to be a less acceptable method of control than those who did not generate such income. However, effect sizes for all our results were small (η2 ≤ 0.05, Adj. R2 ≤ 0.09, and McFadden's R2 ≤ 0.07) and, across all groups, attitudes towards wild pigs were negative. Few respondents (3.91% of landowners, 0.56% of non‐landowners) reported generating income from wild pigs, and reported losses were approximately 4 times greater than income.https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1439attitudesferal swinehuman dimensionsincomeinvasive speciesloss |
| spellingShingle | Samantha J. Leivers Keith M. Carlisle Rachel L. Connally Maureen G. Frank John M. Tomeček The influence of income and loss on hunters' attitudes towards wild pigs and their management Wildlife Society Bulletin attitudes feral swine human dimensions income invasive species loss |
| title | The influence of income and loss on hunters' attitudes towards wild pigs and their management |
| title_full | The influence of income and loss on hunters' attitudes towards wild pigs and their management |
| title_fullStr | The influence of income and loss on hunters' attitudes towards wild pigs and their management |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of income and loss on hunters' attitudes towards wild pigs and their management |
| title_short | The influence of income and loss on hunters' attitudes towards wild pigs and their management |
| title_sort | influence of income and loss on hunters attitudes towards wild pigs and their management |
| topic | attitudes feral swine human dimensions income invasive species loss |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1439 |
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