抄録
The objective of this study is to investigate how residents evaluate the roles of dogs that scare away wild monkeys in East Japan district. Based on the primary survey, the fact that large number of dogs has been domesticated and evaluations on the dogs have been found in Nagiso. So, the detailed questionnaires survey was performed among the residents of Nagiso to reveal the effect of dogs to chase the wild monkeys. The result shows that the dogs were effective in reducing the damages by wild animals and it makes the residents to communicate each other more.
