Survey About Bears and Wolves for Villagers

Survey about bears and wolves for villagers

Text S3. The questionnaire used for interviews with 302 local people, 15 hunters and 20 local councillors (original in Romanian).

With this questionnaire we would like to learn more about the problems between people and bears and wolves.

Date: Village:

The following questions will ask about your experience with damage by bears and wolves.

Please indicate how often you encounter:

Please indicate if you agree or disagree.

1. My village suffers great damage to fields by bears? a) yes b) no

1. My village suffers great damage to orchards by bears? a) yes b) no

1. My village suffers great damage to beehives by bears? a) yes b) no

1. My village suffers great damage to livestock by bears? a) yes b) no

1. My village suffers great damage to livestock by wolves? a) yes b) no

The following questions are about bear attacks on humans.

1. Bear attacks on humans happen:

a) neverb) rarely c) regularly d) very often

1. Bears only attack humans when they feel threatened by humans: a) yes b) no

1. I am afraid to be attacked by a bear: a) yesb) no

1. Do you have anything you would like to add regarding your opinion about bears or wolves?

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The following questions are about compensation schemes and should only be filled in for members of the local council and hunters.

1. It is important that compensation is paid for livestock losses and/or damage to crops by wolves and bears

a) yesb) no c) don’t know

1. In my village compensation for damage to livestock by bears and/or wolves is frequently requested

a) yesb) no c) don’t know

1. In my village compensation for damage to crops by bears is often requested

a) yes b)no c) don’t know

1. Most people in my village are aware of the existing compensation scheme for damage caused by bears and wolves

a) yes b)no c) don’t know

1. Most applications for compensations are successful

a) yes b)noc) don’t know

1. Could you briefly describe the steps that need to be taken to receive compensation for damage inflicted by bears and wolves?

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1. Do you think the procedure you described is accessible to everybody?

a) yes b) no c) don’t know

The following questions are about you.

1. Gender:a) Mb) F

1. Age:______years

1. Profession

1. Ethnicity: a) Romanian b) Hungarian c) Roma d)Saxon e) Other, namely:

1. Do you have:

i) Land with crops a) yes b) no

ii) Orchards a) yes b) no

iii) Beehives a) yes b) no

iv) Livestock a) yes b) no

Thank you very much for your participation!

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Ine Dorresteijn – PhD-student