Abstract
Animal damage to agriculture, forestry, and human has been serious problem in rural areas in Japan. In Iwate Prefecture, apple wastes abandoned near mountain attract wildlife such as Japanese black bear to human settlements. To assess the feasibility of apple waste use as livestock feed in order to reduce a factor attracting wildlife to settlements, hearing investigations and questionnaire surveys were conducted to apple and pig farmers. The results showed it is feasible to use the apples as supplementary feed under certain conditions such as small-scale pig farm with a distance of less than about 15 km from apple farm.
