Risk of Wild Search for Snail in Southern Ecological Zone of Edo State, Nigeria
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science (IOSR-JAVS) - Year 2018, Vol 11, Issue 11
Abstract
Snail is mainly sourced from wild and supplied by those who search wild for it despite the risk associated with wild searching for snails. This study therefore assessed risk of wild search for snails in Southern ecological zone of Edo State. Questionnaire was administered through interview schedule to simple randomly selected 120 wild searchers for snail in the study areas. The result showsthat searcher of wild for snail were of the age range of 21-30 years (52.5%), most (88.0%) of them sourced snails from the wild at night (82.5%) time which all the respondents perceived dangerous. All respondents (100%) were not satisfied with the income from wild search for snail. Thereis positive significant correlation between age (p<0.05), marital status (p<0.01) and wild search for snails on one hand and negative significant relationship between wild searcher for snail position in family (p<0.05), their occupation (p<0.01) and wild search for snail.The study concluded that wild searchers for snail were young, of secondary and tertiary school age and were into schooling and snail farming simultaneously. Use of guns, cutlass and going in group are some of their means of protecting themselves against risk associated with wild searching for snails.
Authors and Affiliations
J. I. Osabuohien, Omoyakhi J. M.
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- DOI 10.9790/2380-1111011419.
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