Emotional Change of Villagers with Progress of Japanese Macaques Management

Analysis of Resident's Emotion by Group Interview to Village Residents

Abstract

Agricultural damage caused by macaques is serious in rural areas. In particular, emotional damage is large. Emotions to macaques are getting worse in affected rural areas. So. Public administration needs to improve residents' emotions. It is necessary to prove that resident's emotion improves with the progress of appropriate management.

We have been promoting appropriate management of macaques in Iga City, Mie Prefecture. We interviewed residents of villages where agricultural damage caused by macaques occurred frequently. We interviewed before and after management of macaques (H23 and H28). We classified the opinions of the residents and compared. The remarks that they felt the tolerance of the existence of macaques and the reduction of damage have increased. The remarks denying measures against macaques have decreased. Therefore, We could prove that the emotions against macaques improves with the progress of appropriate management.