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Heberlein, T.; Willebrand, T.
Attitudes toward hunting across time and continents: The United States and Sweden
1998 Gibier Faune Sauvage - Game and Wildlife (15): 1071-1080
This paper compares attitudes toward three types of hunting for residents of the United States and residents of Sweden. Survey data in the United States showed that 93 percent of the public supported hunting by Eskimos and Indians, 67 percent of the public supported hunting for meat and recreation, but this dropped to 42 percent when we asked how they felt about hunting for sport and recreation. Only 5 percent of the population strongly opposed all forms of hunting. Attitudes toward hunting depend on what the attitude is about. Hunting alone is too broad an object and needs to be more precisely defined to give a meaningful understanding of antihunting attitudes. We are currently surveying residents of Sweden using translations of these same three questions. Because of the importance of hunting and the rural culture of Sweden we expect similar results between the two societies.
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