Impact of animal programming on children's attitudes toward local wildlife.

ABSTRACT: Attitudes toward wildlife can have direct implications on children's interest in conservation behaviors. Animal programs are an example of interactive, educational experiences that have the potential to change attitudes by providing individuals the opportunity to get close to animal ambassadors and participate in engaging conversations about them. We conducted an animal program assessment with summer camps at the Ohio Wildlife Center to quantify changes in children's affiliation with local wildlife and their willingness to live near local wildlife. Campers showed an overall increase in affiliation and willingness scores from before to after an animal program, although with a small effect size. Overall willingness scores were lower than affiliation scores, but there was a significantly larg

SUBMITTER: Jerger AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9790351 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature