Abstract
Questionnaire surveys were conducted in 13 rural communities of Wakayama Prefecture to analyze the present state of agricultural damage caused by wildlife and residents' attitudes towards it. The agricultural damage caused by wild boars was the most serious. More than half of all farmers (52.5%) intended to carry out measures decreasing the damage as a group. Meanwhile, 28.7% of all farmers required financial or material supports for the damage from the local government and 23.0% of them demanded hunting for nuisance control. Although most of non-farmers were concerned about agricultural damage caused by wildlife, less than half of non-farmers (34.6%) think it important all residents' participation in decreasing the damage.
