Emotional responses to wildlife can guide human responses to wildlife conflicts. At the same time, responses to wildlife often relate to cultural contexts. In this study, emotions associated with wolves and wild boars were examined in two samples taken from Turkish (N = 637) and German (N = 415) university students. As expected, different patterns of emotional responses emerged in the two samples. For example, while negative emotions such as disgust and anger toward the wild boar were prevalent in the Turkish sample, positive emotions such as joy, surprise, and interest occurred in the German sample. Significant differences between the emotions associated with wolves and wild boars were revealed in both samples. In the Turkish sample, wolves caused stronger fear, joy, and interest, whereas wild boars caused stronger anger and disgust. In the German sample, wolves caused stronger joy, surprise, interest, and sadness, whereas wild boars caused stronger disgust. Fear, however, was expressed toward both wolves and wild boars in both samples. The predictive power of emotions on students’ intentions to protect wild boars and wolves was examined as well as intentions to protect human interests against these animals. Disgust was the strongest (negative) predictor of a protection intention toward the wild boar in the Turkish sample. In the German sample, joy and interest were the emotions that best predicted conservation intentions (positive) for both animals.

对野生动物的情绪反应可以指导人类对野生动物冲突的反应。与此同时，对野生动物的反应往往与文化背景有关。在这项研究中，对土耳其（N = 637）和德国（N = 415）大学生的两个样本进行了与狼和野猪相关的情绪检查。正如预期的那样，两个样本中出现了不同的情绪反应模式。例如，土耳其样本中普遍存在对野猪的厌恶和愤怒等负面情绪，而德国样本中则普遍存在快乐、惊讶和兴趣等积极情绪。两个样本都显示出与狼和野猪相关的情绪之间的显着差异。在土耳其样本中，狼引起更强烈的恐惧、喜悦和兴趣，而野猪则引起更强烈的愤怒和厌恶。在德国样本中，狼引起更强烈的喜悦、惊讶、兴趣和悲伤，而野猪则引起更强烈的厌恶。然而，两个样本中都表达了对狼和野猪的恐惧。研究人员检查了情绪对学生保护野猪和狼的意图以及保护人类利益免受这些动物侵害的意图的预测能力。在土耳其样本中，厌恶是对野猪保护意图的最强（负面）预测因素。在德国样本中，喜悦和兴趣是最能预测这两种动物的保护意图（积极）的情绪。