Fehlbaum B, Waiblinger E, Turner D C
Institut für Angewandte Ethologie und Tierpsychologie, Hirzel.
Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd. 2010 Jun;152(6):285-93. doi: 10.1024/0036-7281/a000066.
A comparison of attitudes towards animals between German- and French-speaking Swiss adults is of particular interest, given the often invoked cultural barrier, the <<Röstigraben>>. We sent questionnaires to 3000 randomly chosen Swiss adults in both language regions. 319 German and 293 French questionnaires were returned. Participants had to express their opinion regarding 29 statements on nature conservation, wild animals, farm animals, meat eating, animal feelings and cognition, and pets. In 19 items we found a significant difference in responses between the German- and the French-speaking participants. It is important to note that the direction of the responses was identical in all cases, the only difference being the degree of agreement. In general, the Swiss agreed that nature conservation is important. They agreed also that animals have feelings, but that these are different from the feelings of humans. Pets were viewed as beneficial to humans. Both cats and dogs were seen as likeable animals, and there was agreement that dogs need more time to care for than cats. Strays were not viewed as a problem in Switzerland, despite the fact that there are numerous stray cat colonies.
鉴于常被提及的文化障碍——“汝拉山脉”，比较瑞士德语区和法语区成年人对动物的态度特别有趣。我们向两个语言区随机抽取的3000名瑞士成年人发放了问卷。共收回319份德语问卷和293份法语问卷。参与者必须就29条关于自然保护、野生动物、农场动物、肉食、动物情感与认知以及宠物的陈述表达自己的看法。在19个项目中，我们发现德语区和法语区参与者的回答存在显著差异。需要注意的是，所有情况下回答的方向都是相同的，唯一的区别在于同意的程度。总体而言，瑞士人认同自然保护很重要。他们也认同动物有情感，但这些情感与人类的不同。宠物被视为对人类有益。猫和狗都被视为可爱的动物，并且大家一致认为照顾狗比照顾猫需要更多时间。尽管瑞士有许多流浪猫群落，但流浪动物在瑞士并未被视为一个问题。
