Attitudes toward animals among Norwegian children and adolescents: Speciespreferences

Citation
T. Bjerke et al., Attitudes toward animals among Norwegian children and adolescents: Speciespreferences, ANTHROZOOS, 11(4), 1998, pp. 227-235
Citations number
24
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology & Antropology
Journal title
ANTHROZOOS
ISSN journal
0892-7936 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
227 - 235
Database
ISI
SICI code
0892-7936(1998)11:4<227:ATAANC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Five hundred and sixty two children and adolescents, aged between 9 and 15 years, from one urban and three rural areas in southern Norway, completed a questionnaire in which they expressed their degree of preference for vario us animal species. The dog, cat, horse, and rabbit were the favourite speci es, while the crow worm, bee, and spider were the least liked. Girls were m ore positive toward horses, and were more pet-orientated than boys, while m ore boys than girls preferred wild animals. Younger respondents liked anima ls more than did 15-year-olds, with a few exceptions: the wolf, beat; and w hale. Urban respondents liked animals more than rural respondents did, a fi nding which applied to the large carnivores in particular Interests in wild life decreased with increasing age, and few respondents wished to save ecol ogically-significant species (ants, bees, ladybirds) from extinction.