This project aimed to help the New Zealand Department of Conservation address the effects that domestic dogs have on coastal birds. Survey, interview, and focus group methods helped us to understand current dog owner behavior, knowledge, and motivations when they exercise their dogs on beaches, and to differentiate types of dog owners. Based on our findings, we recommended a wide variety of intervention methods designed to reach dog owners effectively to encourage safe dog-wildlife interactions and responsible dog management. Our intervention methods include supplemental signage, community events, pledge campaigns, and web-based approaches.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Iler, Kaleigh Marie
• Burke, Madeline
• Randall, Kellen B.
• Restrepo, Ana

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030118-175729

Advisor

• Elmes, Michael B.
• Ruiz, Carolina

Year

• 2018

Center

• Wellington, New Zealand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Department of Conservation

Date created

• 2018-03-01

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-030118-175729

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2024-03-04