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Essay Proposal and Annotated Bibliography

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The Attitude towards the Wolf

During the early ages of between 1972 and 2000, its reported that almost more than half

of the population who happened to be aware of the wolves existence had a positive attitude

towards wolves .however a number of research done on the human feelings towards the creature

reveals that, its all dependent on a few more issues of which may include; period of animate

existence, one’s level of information, area of residence more specifically those residing on the

farmland, or even having inclination towards a given category of concern affecting human

believe about the wolf.

A very few number of those who specifically were involved in the arming activities had a

positive attitude towards the wolf. This was due to the high risk of preying on the tamed animals.

Most farmers were involved in the livestock farming and the wolves were a danger to these kind

of farming, as such they bare did like the presence of wolves. Frequent growing concern of

among the people living in their permanent residential areas implies that the attitude from the

rural dwellers was adversely negative. Staying close to wolves for rural dwellers also meant that

the reduced opportunity to do hunting and even reduced safety of the people in general.1

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Eriksson, Max. "Rurality and collective attitude effects on wolf policy." Sustainability 8,

no. 8 (2016): 711.

Stauder, Julia, Filippo Favilli, Agnieszka Elzbieta Stawinoga, Andrea Omizzolo, and Thomas

Philipp Streifeneder. "The attitude of society to the return of the wolf in South Tyrol

(Italy)." European Journal of Wildlife Research 66 (2020): 1-11.

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Wolves are extensively found in the rural settings and as such they mainly tend to

influence rural life more than the city life. Nearness to these animals and direct knowledge of

them has been found to greatly culminate into a negative attitudes towards the wolves hence we

can conclude that due to urban and rural perfect latitudinal divide it can be said that the attitude

in the urban settings is way towards positive. It can also be noted that although the general feel

of the public towards wolves was positive, the area of residence really did influence this feeling.

Those who found themselves staying in the wolves dwelling places tend to be having more

negative attitude, while those who stayed away from wolves have been found to be more

positive.2

Bibliography

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Wolf, Andrew MD, Elizabeth TH Fontham, Timothy R. Church, Christopher R. Flowers,

Carmen E. Guerra, Samuel J. LaMonte, Ruth Etzioni et al. "Colorectal cancer screening

for average‐risk adults: 2018 guideline update from the American Cancer Society." CA: a

cancer journal for clinicians 68, no. 4 (2018): 250-281.

Vervaecke, Hilde, Heidi Arnouts, Lijske Vanheukelom, Peter Galbusera, and Joachim Mergeay.

"Attitudes towards the return of the wolf (canis lupus lupus) in Belgium." In 19th

International Conference Life Sciences for Sustainable Development, Date: 2020/09/24-

2020/09/25, Location: Online conference, Cluj, Napoca, Romania. 2020.

Stauder, Julia, Filippo Favilli, Agnieszka Elzbieta Stawinoga, Andrea Omizzolo, and Thomas

Philipp Streifeneder. "The attitude of society to the return of the wolf in South Tyrol

(Italy)." European Journal of Wildlife Research 66 (2020): 1-11.

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Wolf, Andrew MD, Elizabeth TH Fontham, Timothy R. Church, Christopher R. Flowers,

Carmen E. Guerra, Samuel J. LaMonte, Ruth Etzioni et al. "Colorectal cancer screening

for average‐risk adults: 2018 guideline update from the American Cancer Society." CA: a

cancer journal for clinicians 68, no. 4 (2018): 250-281.

Eriksson, Max. "Rurality and collective attitude effects on wolf policy." Sustainability 8, no. 8

(2016): 711.

Vervaecke, Hilde, Heidi Arnouts, Lijske Vanheukelom, Peter Galbusera, and Joachim Mergeay.

"Attitudes towards the return of the wolf (canis lupus lupus) in Belgium." In 19th

International Conference Life Sciences for Sustainable Development, Date: 2020/09/24-

2020/09/25, Location: Online conference, Cluj, Napoca, Romania. 2020.

Torres, Rita Tinoco, Diana Lopes, Carlos Fonseca, and Luís Miguel Rosalino. "One rule does not

fit it all: patterns and drivers of stakeholders perspectives of the endangered Iberian

wolf." Journal for Nature Conservation (2020): 125822.

Stauder, Julia, Filippo Favilli, Agnieszka Elzbieta Stawinoga, Andrea Omizzolo, and Thomas

Philipp Streifeneder. "The attitude of society to the return of the wolf in South Tyrol

(Italy)." European Journal of Wildlife Research 66 (2020): 1-11.