Education or eradication? Knowledge of non-native vertebrate species and attitudes towards their management
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The main objective of this study was to determine whether there is a difference in attitudes towards the management of non-native vertebrate species depending on whether respondents receive brief information about the animal and its impact on the environment and humans, or whether they do not receive information. A further aim was to investigate whether respondents recognise the selected non-native species and whether various factors such as age, gender, interest in natural history or grade attended play a role in the success of recognising these species. A total of 372 Grade 2 students from 10 different schools participated in the survey. The results showed that knowledge of non-native species is very limited and is not influenced by the year of school attended. Opinions on the appropriate management of non-native species populations were influenced for 13 of the 15 species by whether respondents were provided with information on the impact of the species on the environment and humans.
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