In order to provide scientific basis for alleviating the contradiction between villagers and wild boars,and to
provide reference materials for species management,from November 2016 to November 2017,a questionnaire survey was
conducted to study in Qinling (the remote and suburban mountainous areas) of Xi'an,Shaanxi Province. The recognition
and tolerance of the villagers to wild boars (Sus scrofa),and the main factors that influence local villagers' attitudes toward
wild boars were analyzed. The results showed that 84. 61% of the interviewees had the wishes to decrease or eliminate the
local population of wild boars,and 53. 85% disagreed or completely disagreed with the current protection measures. After
the farmland was destroyed by wild boars,83. 08% of the interviewees completely agreed or agreed to hunt wild boars,and
47. 69% completely agreed or agreed with the practice of hunting wild boars when they met wild boars in the mountains. Themain factors affecting villagers' tolerance to wild boars were the ratio of farmland income,the destroyed farmland area,the
annual household income and the ratio of destroyed farmland area. Compared with the suburban mountainous areas,villagers
in the remote mountainous areas had worse tolerance for wild boars. Therefore,it is suggested to implement corresponding
measures to alleviate the human-wild boar conflict in the remote mountainous areas. For instance,the measure of improving
and implementing the relevant regulations on compensation for damages caused by wildlife,reasonably carrying out hunting
activities and developing and utilizing wild boar resources,increasing the villagers' employment skills training and income
model transformation,and adjusting the crop structure can be adopted.
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