Residents' attitudes to wild mammals in the satellite cities of Tokyo Metropolitan area

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  • Fukue Yuko
    Wildlife Conservation, Department of Ecoregion Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo Noko University Present address: Picchio/Hoshino Wildlife Research Center
  • Kaneko Yayoi
    Landscape and Ecology Division, Environment Department, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, Ministry of Land
  • Saeki Midori
    Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, Oxford University
  • Kanzaki Nobuo
    Wildlife Conservation, Department of Ecoregion Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo Noko University
  • Maruyama Naoki
    Wildlife Conservation, Department of Ecoregion Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo Noko University

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  • 首都圏近郊都市住民が共存を望む野生哺乳類とその要因
  • シュトケン キンコウ トシ ジュウミン ガ キョウゾン オ ノゾム ヤセイホニュウルイ ト ソノ ヨウイン

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We conducted a mail-questionnaire survey on people's attitudes to 20 species of wild mammals among residents in the five satellite cities of Tokyo Metropolitan area in 1995: Okutama, Hinode, and Naruse of Tokyo Metropolitan, Mikajima of Saitama prefecture, and Chosei of Chiba prefecture, all of which lie 30-70 km from the center of Tokyo. Two sets of the inquiry sheet were sent to each household. The highest number of species, around six, were favored by the residents in forested areas, Okutama and Hinode, followed by the inhabitants of the suburb of Naruse, and the lowest, around four, by the rustics Mikajima and Chosei with abundant farmland. In all of the areas, small mammals such as squirrel and hare tended to be favored, while the animals such as wolf, bear, and hedgehog, were not. This trend may be influenced by emotional images of the animals rather than rational factors based on biology: animals imaged as tiny, friendly, and harmless tended to be favored, while those thought as large, strange, scary, and dangerous tended to be disliked, irrespective of the realities. Residents inhabiting forested areas tended to favor the animals, perhaps because they see these animals more often.

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