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You are invited to take this survey as part of a larger research project titled Backyard Wilderness. Your responses are anonymous and will be used to gauge public attitudes towards urban wildlife. (These answers, when combined with all other responses, will be used in publications and in presentations at conferences.) For more information on Backyard Wilderness please proceed to www.backyardwilderness.info or contact University of Lethbridge PhD student Leila Armstrong at backyardwilderness@shaw.ca.
The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. It is hosted on Survey Monkey and their privacy policy can be found at www.surveymonkey.com/mp/legal/privacy-policy/.

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* 1. Age:

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* 2. Preferred pronouns:

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* 3. Type of residence where you live:

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* 4. Area of the City of Lethbridge where you live:

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* 5. Were you raised in:

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* 6. Highest level of education:

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* 7. Does wildlife visit your property?

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* 8. Please check all wildlife that visits:

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* 9. Rate deer on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 10. Rate skunks on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 11. Rate rabbits/hares on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 12. Rate raccoons on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 13. Rate coyotes on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 14. Rate porcupines on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 15. Rate badgers on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 16. Rate mice on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 17. Rate ground squirrels on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 18. Rate rattlesnakes on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 19. Rate magpies on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 20. Rate crows on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 21. Rate gulls on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing the animal within city limits:

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* 22. Rate other bird species in general on a scale of how much you enjoy seeing them within city limits:

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* 23. Do you have a dog(s)?

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* 24. Has your dog(s) had an interaction with wildlife within city limits?

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* 25. Was the interaction positive, negative or neutral?

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* 26. If applicable, please describe the interaction:

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* 27. Do you have a cat(s)?

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* 28. Has your cat(s) had an interaction with wildlife within city limits?

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* 29. Was the interaction positive, negative or neutral?

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* 30. If applicable, please describe the interaction:

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* 31. Has your cat(s) ever killed wild birds?

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* 32. Have you ever been sprayed by a skunk within city limits?

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* 33. Are you afraid of being sprayed by a skunk within city limits?

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* 34. Have you ever hit, injured or killed wildlife with your vehicle (within city limits)?

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* 35. If so, what type of animal?

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* 36. Do you intentionally feed or water wildlife within city limits?

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* 37. Do you have a bird feeder?

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* 38. Should people intentionally feed or water wildlife, excluding birds, within city limits?

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* 39. Should people intentionally feed birds within city limits?

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* 40. Do you secure your garbage/waste to prevent wildlife from feeding on it?

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* 41. Do you have any of the following on your property:

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* 42. Are you a hunter or trapper?

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* 43. Are you a bird watcher?

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* 44. Have you trapped wildlife on your property to relocate it?

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* 45. Have you trapped wildlife on your property of euthanize it?

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* 46. Are you concerned about the safety of your pet, family/household members or self when encountering wildlife within city limits?

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* 47. Are you concerned about the safety of wildlife in human-wildlife interactions?

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* 48. How afraid are you that wildlife might carry and transmit diseases such as rabies?

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* 49. Should wildlife populations within city limits be managed?

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* 50. If yes, how so?

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* 51. Is there anything you would like to add?

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