Good Luck or Bad Omen: Attitudes Towards the Slender Loris in the City of Bengaluru, India. (May 2023)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Good Luck or Bad Omen: Attitudes Towards the Slender Loris in the City of Bengaluru, India. (May 2023)
- Main Title:
- Good Luck or Bad Omen: Attitudes Towards the Slender Loris in the City of Bengaluru, India
- Authors:
- Bhaskaran, Varsha
Nagendra, Harini
Gupta, Kaberi Kar - Abstract:
- Cities are characterised by social and cultural diversity. The management of urban wildlife requires developing a better understanding of cultural beliefs associated with wildlife in diverse urban settings. We document a range of cultural beliefs associated with the slender loris ( Loris lydekkerianus ), an endemic, nocturnal primate, in the Indian megacity of Bengaluru. Many residents associate the loris with practices such as black magic, and they believe that the animal's call is a bad omen that brings death and misfortune. Others consider it a harbinger of good luck that offers protection to young children. These superstitious beliefs may motivate illegal wildlife trafficking of the loris. Urbanisation has led to changes in these perceptions, and many respondents now report that they consider these beliefs to be old-fashioned superstitions that hold no place in a modern city. This study contributes to knowledge on changing urban attitudes to wildlife, which is vital to developing conservation strategies that involve local residents.
- Is Part Of:
- Urbanisation. Volume 8:Number 1(2023)
- Journal:
- Urbanisation
- Issue:
- Volume 8:Number 1(2023)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 8, Issue 1 (2023)
- Year:
- 2023
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2023-0008-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 9
- Page End:
- 21
- Publication Date:
- 2023-05
- Subjects:
- Human–wildlife interactions -- Indian cities -- South Asia -- public attitudes -- urban wildlife
Urbanisation -- Periodicals
Human settlements -- Periodicals
Cities and towns -- Periodicals
Urbanization -- Developing countries -- Periodicals
Human settlements -- Developing countries -- Periodicals
Cities and towns -- Developing countries -- Periodicals
Urbanization
Human settlements
Developing countries
Cities and towns
307.7605 - Journal URLs:
- http://urb.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/home.nav ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/24557471231160599 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2455-7471
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