Questionnaire analysis
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 Gender:male 47.2%,female 52.8%, the ratio of male to female interviewees is close. |
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| Age: There are tourists of all ages in the Sunny Hills. Most of the tourists who climb up the mountain are middle-aged people, there are also young people who come up on bicycles, and families traveling with the whole family. |
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| Occupation: The largest number of respondents are students (37.6%), followed by those engaged in agriculture (17.6%), and the respondents who are engaged in business (15.2%). Because the Sunny Hills are popular motorcycle tour routes, It attracts many motorcycle and cyclists, mostly young people. And because it is located in an agricultural area, there are many people working in farming nearby. People go out to bask in the sun during holidays, so there are also many respondents working in farming. |
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| Have you heard of leopard cat? All the interviewees in this question have heard of leopard cat. The reason is that leopard cat has often been reported in the news in recent years, and many counties and cities also have leopard cat Parks, so almost everyone has heard of leopard cat. |
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| Which one is the leopard cat in the picture? We used hand drawing to draw the cat and the leopard cat. The leopard cat has obvious white stripes on its forehead and white patches behind its ears. If the interviewee has a good understanding of the leopard cat, it can be easily distinguished from the cat. The picture shows a domestic cat on the left and a leopard cat on the right. 55.2% of the respondents chose the picture on the left, and 44.8% chose the picture on the right, indicating that more than half of the respondents could not distinguish between a cat and a leopard cat. Afterwards, we asked several interviewees and their answer was that leopard cats are generally believed to be wild animals with a more ferocious appearance, and this is how they distinguish them. |
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| Which one is not a characteristic of leopard cat? 55.2% of the respondents were able to answer that a short tail is not a characteristic of a leopard cat. The obvious differences between a leopard cat and a cat are the blocky spots on the body, black and white stripes behind the ears, and spotted tail patterns. |
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| Which of the following animals is also a native cat in Taiwan like the leopard cat?: 64% of the respondents could answer that the clouded leopard belongs to the cat family native to Taiwan. The Taiwan clouded leopard is a subspecies unique to Taiwan. It is a large carnivorous cat with a body length of 0.6 to 1.2 meters and a tail of 0.7 to 0.9 meters. Its weight is between 15 and 30 kilograms, the body is covered with moire spots. When it is close to the feet and tail, the cloud spots turn into round or irregular black spots. The body color is mostly gray or khaki. Generally, clouded leopards are larger than females. The Taiwanese clouded leopard was declared extinct in 2013.Another 33.6% answered tabby cat. Tabby cat refers to a domestic cat with a unique "M" shaped mark on the forehead, and its stripes pass by the eyes, across the cheeks, along the back, around the legs and tail, and according to the tabby stripes Different cat types have characteristic stripes, dots, lines, spots, strips or swirls on their necks, shoulders, sides, flanks, chest and abdomen. Tabby cats are common cats in Taiwan, and most people mistakenly think they are native to Taiwan. The picture below shows a leopard cat on the left and a tabby cat on the right. |
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| Do you know the number of leopard cats in Taiwan now? 25.6% answered 100-200, 35.2% answered 400-700, and 34.4% answered 1000-1200. The respondents generally believed that the number of leopard cats was not large, but they did not know how many there were. According to official surveys, the number of leopard cats in Taiwan is about 500. |
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| Which conservation level does the leopard cat belong to? 48% responded to endangered wildlife, 32% responded to rare and rare wildlife, and 20% responded to other wildlife that should be protected. The respondents knew that Taiwanese leopard cats need protection, but they were not clear about what kind of wildlife they belong to. Conservation level. The protected wild animals announced by Taiwan's Wildlife Conservation Law can be divided into three conservation levels: "endangered species", "precious and rare" and "other wildlife that should be protected". |
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| In which of the following areas have leopard cats been found most frequently in recent years? 98.4% answered Miaoli. A few years ago, Miaoli County experienced a decrease in leopard cat habitat due to land development. Civil society groups raised funds to purchase land to protect leopard cats and prevented them from being developed, which became the focus of the news. Therefore, the Miaoli County Council formulated local leopard cat protection regulations. |
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| Did you know that there are also leopard cats in Changhua? 28.8% answered that they knew. News about leopard cat usually comes from Miaoli, Taichung and Nantou. Changhua’s geographical location is between Taichung and Nantou. leopard cats from Nantou or Taichung will cross the Maoluo River to Changhua in search of food, and some will live in Changhua. |
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| Which of the following is not a habit of the Taiwan leopard cat? 36% responded that they almost only eat meat, 14.4% responded that they cover their excrement with sand, and 44.8% responded that they live in low-altitude mountainous areas. Generally, cats have the habit of burying their scent to prevent their natural enemies from discovering their whereabouts. But leopard cat does not have this habit because leopard cat is the top of the food chain and the natural enemy of small animals. Before humans appeared, he had no enemies. Therefore, there is no need to bury feces to avoid enemies. For leopard cats, leaving excrement is a way to declare their territory. In addition, leopard cats eat mostly meat and live in low-altitude mountainous areas. |
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| Which of the following is not an existential crisis for leopard cat? The answer was 60.8% for global warming, 13.6% for habitat reduction, and 18.4% for habitat fragmentation. The answer for the cause of global warming is that global warming has always been a hotly discussed topic, so people will directly relate the decrease in species to global warming. ation link. The survival crisis of leopard cats is mainly caused by human behavior. Whether it is the reduction and fragmentation of habitat caused by over-exploitation, the use of pesticides that reduce the food of leopard cats or poison them, and the dogs abandoned by humans are also used to hunt leopard cats. |
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| leopard cats hunt chickens and ducks raised by humans for food. What should we do? 96.8% responded that they should notify the local authorities, indicating that most of the respondents knew that they should notify the authorities immediately and that they could not capture or kill leopard cats privately. |
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| The leopard cat needs our protection, but which of the following behaviors does not protect the leopard cat? 93.2% responded to feeding poor stray animals, indicating that most respondents know that feeding stray animals at will is wrong, but we often find groups of stray dogs abandoned whether we are taking photos or recording them on our way to and from school. They are kept on the mountain, and food is also seen where dogs gather. If people cannot abandon animals or feed animals in the wild, there will be no way to protect leopard cats and allow them to live a peaceful life. |
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| Which of the following practices is beneficial to leopard cat? 75.2% answered that they adopt organic farming methods, and 14.4% answered that leveling the land would be beneficial for leopard cat to live in. They said that most of the respondents knew the importance of organic farming. Organic farming not only allows us to eat safely and healthily, but also Being environmentally friendly prevents the ecology from being damaged by our use of pesticides. However, 14.4% of the respondents thought that leveling the land would make the leopard cats live more comfortably. This is wrong because over-exploitation by humans will destroy the habitats of organisms, which is not good for organisms. |
