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Hunters’ Willingness to Pay to Avoid Processing Costs Associated with Harvesting Infected Game

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  • Adhikari, Ram Kumar
  • Poudyal, Neelam Chandra
  • Muller, Lisa I.
  • Yoest, Chuck

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We assessed hunters’ willingness to participate in a scheme to recover the costs associated with processing diseased game. The results indicated that fifty-one percent of the hunters in a region affected by chronic wasting disease are interested in such a scheme and willing to pay an average of $20 per animal. Their willingness to participate is affected by risk perception, hunting experience, use of processing services, and income. Further, establishing such a market-based scheme would be financially profitable to game processors and helpful to wildlife agencies interested in encouraging hunters’ harvest to reduce herds and facilitate effective disease surveillance.

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  • Adhikari, Ram Kumar & Poudyal, Neelam Chandra & Muller, Lisa I. & Yoest, Chuck, 2022. "Hunters’ Willingness to Pay to Avoid Processing Costs Associated with Harvesting Infected Game," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 54(1), pages 93-113, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:54:y:2022:i:1:p:93-113_5
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