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animals was chosen by 41% and 39%, respectively, suggesting that the translation of
these activities to a protected area setting would be appropriate and readily accepted.
Question 2. Prevalence of hunting.
Overall, 56% of respondents indicated that they went hunting. This is greater than the
20% that chose hunting as one of their main leisure activities, suggesting that although a
common pursuit, hunting is not the principal pastime. Some more disturbing trends
emerged. Guns ( the questionnaire did not distinguish between types of firearm) were
overwhelmingly the hunting methods of choice (70%), whereas more traditional
methods, such as the use of falcons (Remple and Gross 1993), comprised less than 5%
(Figure 5.1).
Figure 5.1
In total 58% of hunters primarily targeted birds, without discriminating between
species; 12% hunted gazelles, which are officially a protected species, while 2% went
after anything (Figure 5.2).
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