Disease outbreak in wildlife changes online sales of management items
Infectious diseases of wildlife cause human health hazards and economic losses. However, it is unclear how outbreaks affect human behaviour in relation to countermeasures against human–wildlife conflict. To explore the effects of infectious disease outbreaks among wild boars on countermeasure choice...
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| author | Tomohiko Endo Shinya Uryu Keita Fukasawa Jiefeng Kang Takahiro Kubo |
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| description | Infectious diseases of wildlife cause human health hazards and economic losses. However, it is unclear how outbreaks affect human behaviour in relation to countermeasures against human–wildlife conflict. To explore the effects of infectious disease outbreaks among wild boars on countermeasure choices, we analysed online auction data before and after an outbreak of classical swine fever in wild boar. Online sales of boar traps decreased by 17 % after the outbreak, whereas sales of control items increased by 73 %. These results imply that infectious disease outbreaks in wildlife shift people's countermeasures from active to passive management. Since active trapping for the control of wildlife populations is essential to the avoidance of human–wildlife conflict, our findings show that outbreaks of infectious disease can aggravate conflict. Governments, farmers and hunters need to improve population control after outbreaks of infectious disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5378bdf376cd4eeba236717292c7c26a2025-02-08T05:00:38ZengElsevierOne Health2352-77142025-06-0120100988Disease outbreak in wildlife changes online sales of management itemsTomohiko Endo0Shinya Uryu1Keita Fukasawa2Jiefeng Kang3Takahiro Kubo4Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan; Corresponding author at: National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan.Tokushima University, University of Tokushima, 1-1 Minamijosanjima-cho, Tokushima 770-8502, JapanBiodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, JapanGraduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University, Sophia University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, JapanBiodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, JapanInfectious diseases of wildlife cause human health hazards and economic losses. However, it is unclear how outbreaks affect human behaviour in relation to countermeasures against human–wildlife conflict. To explore the effects of infectious disease outbreaks among wild boars on countermeasure choices, we analysed online auction data before and after an outbreak of classical swine fever in wild boar. Online sales of boar traps decreased by 17 % after the outbreak, whereas sales of control items increased by 73 %. These results imply that infectious disease outbreaks in wildlife shift people's countermeasures from active to passive management. Since active trapping for the control of wildlife populations is essential to the avoidance of human–wildlife conflict, our findings show that outbreaks of infectious disease can aggravate conflict. Governments, farmers and hunters need to improve population control after outbreaks of infectious disease.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771425000242Human wildlife conflictWildlife infections diseaseConsumer behaviourOnline salesActive managementPassive management |
| spellingShingle | Tomohiko Endo Shinya Uryu Keita Fukasawa Jiefeng Kang Takahiro Kubo Disease outbreak in wildlife changes online sales of management items One Health Human wildlife conflict Wildlife infections disease Consumer behaviour Online sales Active management Passive management |
| title | Disease outbreak in wildlife changes online sales of management items |
| title_full | Disease outbreak in wildlife changes online sales of management items |
| title_fullStr | Disease outbreak in wildlife changes online sales of management items |
| title_full_unstemmed | Disease outbreak in wildlife changes online sales of management items |
| title_short | Disease outbreak in wildlife changes online sales of management items |
| title_sort | disease outbreak in wildlife changes online sales of management items |
| topic | Human wildlife conflict Wildlife infections disease Consumer behaviour Online sales Active management Passive management |
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