对约旦流浪狗问题的客观评估
Safwan Athamneh1, Abdel-Salam G Abdel-Salam2, Ruba A Q Alajlouni1,3
1Department of Research, Al-Yarmouk Stray Dog Nonprofit, Irbid, Jordan.
概括
约旦伊尔比德的流浪狗种群正在减少,这与公众的看法相反. 数据显示越来越少的自由流浪狗,这表明媒体报道可能会夸大公共安全威胁.
科学领域:
- 兽医公共卫生 兽医公共卫生
- 动物生态动物生态学
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
背景情况:
- 约旦的公共话语强调流浪狗是严重的公共安全威胁.
- 媒体的强烈报道加剧了人们的担忧,并导致动物虐待的增加.
- 数据有限阻碍了客观评估和有效制定有关自由流浪狗的政策.
研究的目的:
- 建立基线并监测约旦伊尔比德自由流浪狗的种群变化.
- 用经验数据客观评估流浪狗带来的威胁.
- 分析媒体报道对公众看法和政策辩论的影响.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项为期两年的调查 (2021年11月至2023年11月),对伊尔比德的自由流浪犬种群进行调查.
- 分析媒体关于约旦流浪狗的报道,可以追溯到2010年.
- 检查约旦卫生部提供的公共卫生数据.
主要成果:
- 在Irbid.观察到自由流浪狗数量的下降趋势.
- 平均狗群数量接近国际上观察到的较低范围.
- 媒体报道经常提及个人安全问题,但官方的健康数据没有证实日益增长的威胁.
- 媒体越来越多的关注和错误信息似乎夸大了所感知的问题.
结论:
- 该研究表明,伊尔比德的流浪狗人口并没有增加,可能不会构成媒体叙述所建议的重大公共安全威胁.
- 媒体驱动的公众看法与关于流浪狗种群和相关风险的经验数据之间存在差异.
- 需要进一步的研究和基于证据的沟通,以解决错误信息,并为管理自由流浪狗种群提供有效,人道的干预措施.
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