Author:
Fleming Peter J. S.,Allen Lee R.,Berghout Mani J.,Meek Paul D.,Pavlov Peter M.,Stevens Peter,Strong Kevin,Thompson Jim A.,Thomson Peter C.
Abstract
Wild dogs and European red foxes are considered pest animals in Australia.
Restraining devices to capture these wild canids are sometimes required by
wildlife managers. However, the use of traps is controversial. This paper
discusses the efficiency, selectivity and injuries inflicted by some leg-hold
traps that are available in Australia for capturing wild canids. The trapping
of feral cats with wild-canid traps is also briefly discussed.
The most commonly used leg-hold trap in Australia is the toothed, steel-jawed,
leg-hold trap. Alternative traps, including offset- and padded-jawed traps
(similar to the Victor Soft Catch®), and steel-jawed
traps that have been modified to incorporate padding and off-setting of jaws,
were shown to be preferable. The alternative traps were as efficient and
selective as toothed, steel-jawed traps, but were less injurious. The Treadle
snare, although more likely to miss target animals, was also shown to be less
injurious than unmodified, steel-jawed leg-hold traps. It is difficult to
justify the continued use of unmodified, steel-jawed leg-hold traps for the
capture of wild canids in Australia.
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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