Perceived risks and coyote management in an urban Setting

Carly C. Sponarski; Craig Miller; Jerry J. Vaske

doi:10.1093/jue/juy0026

Perceived risks and coyote management in an urban Setting

Carly C. Sponarski, Craig Miller, Jerry J. Vaske

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We used risk perceptions to understand the acceptability of nonlethal and lethal management of coyotes in an urban setting. We conducted a self-administered mail survey (n1624) of residents of the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Region during 2012 and examined the relationship between perceptions of risk and acceptance of different management strategies. Using cluster analysis we segmented respondents into three groups: (1) those who were not concerned about coyotes (n536), (2) those who were slightly to moderately concerned (n424) and (3) those who were extremely concerned (n342). Nonlethal management was the preferred response when a human or pet-coyote interaction happened once or more than once. There were significant differences among the risk perception clusters and management responses but all three favored nonlethal management regardless of the number of occurrences.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Journal of Urban Ecology
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juy0026
State	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cluster analysis
Greater chicago metropolitan region
Human-coyote interaction
Lethal management
Risk perception
Urban wildlife management

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecology
Urban Studies

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