Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy day to answer the following questions. Your thoughts and opinions are very important to us. The survey is completely anonymous. This is for research conducted for a masters program with Miami University, Ohio and the San Diego Zoo. If you have any questions, comments, or would like to learn of the results of this survey, please email Yuchiao Nancy Wu-Walden at wuwaldyn@miamioh.edu.

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1. In what specific city and county do you live?

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2. What is your general attitude towards mountain lions living in your county?

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3. Feel free to add comments about Question #2.

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4. If from a safe distance, you see a mountain lion in your neighborhood, how would you feel towards the mountain lion?

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5. Feel free to add comments about Question #4.

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6. If you own a pet (imagine you do if you do not own a pet) and it was injured by a mountain lion, how would you feel towards the mountain lion?

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7. Feel free to add comments about Question #6.

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8. If you own a pet and it was killed by a mountain lion, how would you feel towards the mountain lion?

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9. Feel free to add comments about Question #8.

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10. If you owned livestock, such as cow, pig, goat, chicken (imagine you do if you do not own livestock) and an individual was injured by a mountain lion, how would you feel towards the mountain lion?

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11. Feel free to add comments about Question #10.

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12. If you owned livestock (such as cow, pig, goat, chicken) and an individual was killed by a mountain lion, how would you feel towards the mountain lion?

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13. Feel free to add comments about Question #12.

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14. If a person was injured by a mountain lion, how would you feel towards the mountain lion?

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15. Feel free to add comments about Question #14.

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16. If a person was killed by a mountain lion, how would you feel towards the mountain lion?

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17. Feel free to add comments about Question #16.

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18. For each of the following possible situations, what management action do you think should be taken? You may click on more than one choice for each situation.

  Monitor the mountain lion. Capture and relocate the mountain lion. Scare away the mountain lion with rubber bullets or fireworks. Euthanize (put down, kill) the mountain lion. Other: Please describe your alternative action below in the comments box.
You own a pet and the pet is injured by a mountain lion.
You own a pet and the pet is killed by a mountain lion.
You own livestock and one individual livestock is injured by a mountain lion.
You own livestock and one individual livestock is killed by a mountain lion.
A person is injured by a mountain lion.
A person is killed by a mountain lion.

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19. Do you donate to or belong to any conservation or environmental organizations?

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20. If you answered "Yes" to Question #19, please type in the name(s) of the organizations.  If you answered "No" to Question #19, please skip this question and move to Question #21.

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21. Have you ever worked in some way with mountain lions?

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22. If you answered "Yes" to Question #21, please describe in what capacity you have worked with mountain lions. If you answered "No" to Question #21, please skip this question and move to Question #23.

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23. Have you ever seen a live mountain lion out in nature? Seeing them in captive environments such as zoos, etc. does not count.  If you answered "No," please skip Questions #24 and #25, and move to Question #26.

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24. If you answered Yes to Question #23, where did you see the mountain lion?

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25. Please briefly explain what happened when you saw the mountain lion.

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26. Have you or someone you know, a pet, or livestock, ever had an encounter with a mountain lion?  An encounter is defined as actual physical contact with a mountain lion.  
If you answered "Yes," please respond to Questions #27 through 34.  
If you answered "No," please click the gray bar at the bottom of the survey to submit your responses.

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27. If you answered Yes to Question #26, where did the mountain lion encounter occur?

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28. Please briefly explain what happened during the mountain lion encounter.

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29. If you recall, what was your general attitude towards mountain lions before the encounter?

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30. If you recall, what was your attitude towards mountain lions immediately after the encounter?

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31. If your attitude changed from before vs. immediately after the encounter, what are your thoughts as to why your attitude changed?  If your attitude did not change, skip this question and move to Question #32.

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32. How long ago was the encounter?

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33. Would you say that as of now, your attitude is the same or different from your attitude immediately after the mountain lion encounter?

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34. Please explain why you think your attitude stayed the same or changed.

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