Through the interactions with the respondents’, an attempt was made to characterize the attitude towards pangolin generally as positive, negative and in between i.e. neither totally positive nor totally negative. The table below shows the attitude of respondents towards pangolin, majority had positive attitudes towards pangolin, while some were neither positive nor negative while had negative attitude towards pangolin.
Table 4.17: Respondents’ attitude toward pangolin
Attitudes Frequency (N) Percentage (%)
Positive 67 79
Mixed 11 13
Negative 7 8
Total 85 100
Respondents’ suggestions for pangolin conservation in Rani community forest
• Co-operation from all the community members is required to achieve success in conservation.
• Conservation …show more content…
First, pangolin was found in the village and during that time people were unaware about what pangolin was. However, after that forest surveys were done and burrows were found. Pangolin specialists were called, conservation activities began after knowing that these mammals were in the verge of extinction because of its’ valuable scales, so called ability to be used as a medicine for treatment of various diseases and for meat consumption. Attempts were made to inform people about this mammal not only in this C.F but also in the adjoining forest areas.
The local name given to it is Sal Maccha which may be because calling it a fish would make it easy for people to feed on it in the earlier times. There was a tendency to kill this animal whenever found but after conservation began, people stopped killing it and returned it back to the forest. Pangolins may still be killed by some if found in agricultural lands or nearby areas. However, no such cases have been reported.
People were willing to conserve pangolins which made the task easier. Initially people didn’t bother to be involved in conservation. But once they were informed about it and the laws related to pangolin then the efforts were accepted by
Table 4.17: Respondents’ attitude toward pangolin
Attitudes Frequency (N) Percentage (%)
Positive 67 79
Mixed 11 13
Negative 7 8
Total 85 100
Respondents’ suggestions for pangolin conservation in Rani community forest
• Co-operation from all the community members is required to achieve success in conservation.
• Conservation …show more content…
First, pangolin was found in the village and during that time people were unaware about what pangolin was. However, after that forest surveys were done and burrows were found. Pangolin specialists were called, conservation activities began after knowing that these mammals were in the verge of extinction because of its’ valuable scales, so called ability to be used as a medicine for treatment of various diseases and for meat consumption. Attempts were made to inform people about this mammal not only in this C.F but also in the adjoining forest areas.
The local name given to it is Sal Maccha which may be because calling it a fish would make it easy for people to feed on it in the earlier times. There was a tendency to kill this animal whenever found but after conservation began, people stopped killing it and returned it back to the forest. Pangolins may still be killed by some if found in agricultural lands or nearby areas. However, no such cases have been reported.
People were willing to conserve pangolins which made the task easier. Initially people didn’t bother to be involved in conservation. But once they were informed about it and the laws related to pangolin then the efforts were accepted by