Illinois landowner perceptions of feral hogs and their management
| dc.contributor.author | Harper, Erin E., speaker | |
| dc.contributor.author | Miller, Craig A., speaker | |
| dc.contributor.author | Higginbotham, Billy, moderator | |
| dc.contributor.author | International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, producer | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Illinois | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-01-03T05:22:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-01-03T05:22:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-09 | |
| dc.description | Moderator: Billy Higginbotham. | |
| dc.description | Presented at the 8th international congress for wildlife and livelihoods on private and communal lands: livestock, tourism, and spirit, that was held on September 7-12, 2014 in Estes Park, Colorado. | |
| dc.description | Video presenter: Erin Harper. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Wild pigs were first found in western Illinois in the 1990s. Since this time pig presence has been confirmed in 23 of Illinois' 102 counties and persistent populations exist in four counties. Problems associated with these animals include transfer of infectious diseases (e.g., pseudorabies) to domestic livestock, habitat destruction, and an absence of natural predators. In response to the spread of the wild pig population throughout the state, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is working to find the best management approaches for population control. To better understand landowner attitudes toward wild pigs and preferences for management approaches, we conducted a mail survey of 5,320 landowners who possess greater than one acre (.4 ha) of land from the 23 counties in which feral hogs had previously been reported to the IDNR and an additional 22 counties within close proximity to these counties. We received 3,061 (58%) usable questionnaires. Survey participants were asked attitudinal questions in relation to wild pigs and wild pig management. Responses were analyzed using Chi-squared tests, logistic regressions, and potential for conflict index (PCI2). We found significant differences (p < 0.001) between landowner type and targeted sharpshooting for both in the county where the respondents? land is located and on the respondents? land specifically. Discussion will focus on preferences for management based on personal attributes and attitudes, and potential for conflict index and what that means for the future management of wild pigs in Illinois. | |
| dc.format.extent | 25 minutes 37 seconds | |
| dc.format.medium | born digital | |
| dc.format.medium | motion pictures (visual works) | |
| dc.format.medium | digital moving image formats | |
| dc.format.medium | Presentation slides | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86224 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.25675/10217/86224 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Wild and Feral Pigs | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 8th international wildlife ranching symposium | |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Wildlife management -- Congresses | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Range management -- Congresses | |
| dc.title | Illinois landowner perceptions of feral hogs and their management | |
| dc.title.alternative | Landowner attitudes toward wild pigs | |
| dc.type | MovingImage | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type | Image |