Table 4.
Negative visitor behaviours and the demographics of visitors who engaged in the behaviours represented as the proportion of observations (rounded to the nearest decimal place) to occur at Fota Wildlife Park.
| Visitor behaviour | Proportion∗ |
|---|---|
| Bang | 0.53 |
| Shout | 0.12 |
| Throw | 0.04 |
| Touch | 0.02 |
| Feed | 0.03 |
| Cross barrier/enter enclosure | 0.24 |
| Other | 0.02 |
| Age | Proportion∗∗ |
| Adult | 0.10 |
| Child | 0.80 |
| Mix | 0.10 |
| Gender | Proportion∗∗ |
| Male | 0.63 |
| Female | 0.26 |
| Mixed | 0.11 |
| Group type | Proportion∗∗ |
| Alone | 0.02 |
| Family | 0.94 |
| Social (Adults) | 0.03 |
| Mixed | 0.02 |
*** Note, No data is available regarding the overall proportions of visitors in each demographic group. While it is possible that the above findings reflect the general composition of the sample, it is considered unlikely that the ratios of children to adults, and males to females, would be so high.
∗
Out of 146 individual incidence of negative Behaviours.
∗∗
Out of 115 observed negative occurences.