Changes in attitudes toward wildlife and wildlife meats in Hunan Province,central China,before and after the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak  

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作  者:Daode YANG Xiaofeng DAI Yiping DENG Weiquan LU Zhigang JIANG 

机构地区:[1]Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China [2]Institute of Wildlife Conservation,Central South Forestry University,Changsha,China [3]Endangered Species Scientific Commission of the People’s Republic of China,Beijing,China

出  处:《Integrative Zoology》2007年第1期19-25,共7页整合动物学(英文版)

基  金:Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(no.CXTDS2005-4);the Chinese Natural Scientific Foundation(no.30270206)for supporting this study financially.

摘  要:Two surveys of opinions about wildlife conservation were carried out in Hunan Province,China,before and after the severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS)epidemic.Hunan is the northern neighbor of Guangdong Province,where the first SARS case was reported.The custom of consuming wild meat was not common in Hunan 30 years ago.However,in recent years,consumption of wildlife such as snakes has spread to northern China.We handed out 1300 questionnaires between 22 February and 10 May 2002,before the SARS epidemic.Survey sites included the provin-cial capital,major cities,towns,and villages in Hunan.Another 1300 questionnaires were distributed between 10 March and 10 May 2004,after the SARS epidemic.The 2004 survey covered the same sites as the 2002 survey.Questionnaire recovery rates for the 2002 and 2004 surveys were 81.2%and 84.6%,respectively.The valid return rate was 73.0%.Frog,snake,hare,and pheasant were the wild meats most frequently eaten by local people.At the time of the first survey,more than 80%of interviewees claimed to have eaten frogs.That number had reduced to 60%by the time of the second survey.Monkey,Chinese pangolin,and bear paw were the wild meats least frequently eaten.Although palm civet was suspected to be the carrier of SARS,it was interesting to note that,after the SARS epidemic,the proportion of people surveyed who ate palm civets had declined only slightly.The results of the surveys indicate a low level of conservation consciousness;however,after the SARS and bird flu epidemics,there were obvious changes in the conservation consciousness of people in Hunan Province.We recommend some measures that could be taken to change the habits of people who consume wildlife.

关 键 词:BUSHMEAT conservation consciousness severe acute respiratory syndrome wild meat wildlife. 

分 类 号:F42[经济管理—产业经济]

 

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