Sentences with phrase «lethal control»

These communities aren't the only ones for which lethal control methods have failed.

A new study now finds that much of the evidence supporting lethal control is flawed.

Without, it must be recognized, a plan of any kind, or, given our decades of experience with lethal control methods, any hope of success.

Under certain circumstances (e.g. addressing overpopulation of specific animal species), we do consider ecological management strategies that include lethal control methods such as hunting.

For one, he's skeptical of lethal control solutions aimed at protecting one species from another — something many environmentalists support when they believe a species is threatened.

How does cat behaviour influence the development and implementation of monitoring techniques and lethal control methods for feral cats?

Importance of lethal control of invasive predators for island conservation.

[105] They claim that their use of various non-lethal control measures (although lethal control by property owners was not banned), such as prohibition of feeding coyotes, changes in husbandry practices, hazing of coyotes, guard animals, and fencing, resulted in a reduction in sheep losses.

While lethal control may arguably rid an area of cats temporarily, it is not an effective long - term solution because new cats will quickly fill the vacated area and breed, resulting in a perpetual cycle of killing.

Examining more than 100 peer - reviewed studies of predator control, the study found not a single lethal control study that met scientists» gold standard: a randomized, controlled design.

It's no surprise, really, that people support TNR over lethal control methods — we are, after all, a nation of animal lovers.

Caretakers and TNR supporters largely seem to acknowledge the trade - offs but nevertheless reject lethal control methods.

If, like me, you wonder how the hell such misguided decisions are made, the ordinance actually provides a hint: among the three «supporting» documents «considered» by the City Council was Feral Cats and Their Management, the poorly researched class project published in 2010 (to great fanfare) by lethal control proponent Stephen Vantassel and his University of Nebraska — Lincoln students.

Why are conservationists in North America in such a lather about instituting similar lethal control programs?

At some point, their numbers become so great that popular opinion undergoes a tidal shift, favoring lethal control methods.

** The authors also fall into the familiar trap of assuming that the trapping rate for lethal control purposes — whatever it is — is equal to that of a TNR (or even TVHR) program.

Contrary to what's often suggested, Hurley explained, this isn't lethal control at all, but lethal non-control.

In Nature Wars, to be released next week, award - winning journalist Jim Sterba argues that it's time for Americans to reconnect with nature — and what better incentive than a massive lethal control campaign against any number of plants and animals, including feral cats?

[13, 14] Of particular interest is a 2011 Ward Group survey of Hawaii residents revealing that 85 % of respondents support trap - neuter - return, compared to just 16 % who support lethal control methods.

While lethal control may rid an area of cats temporarily, it is not an effective long - term solution because new cats will quickly fill the vacated area and breed, resulting in a perpetual cycle of killing.

Public Indecency «Stephen Vantassel, a wildlife damage project coordinator who worked on the study, said researchers were aware that some people would be «very offended that we offered any type of lethal control method.»

«They used to just be able to kill animals using simple traps or spears, but now you've got tools such as poisons and AK - 47s and explosives, which makes the lethal control of animals much more efficient.»

Some individuals or municipal agencies may think these are humane alternatives to lethal control, but it's unrealistic due to the sheer numbers of cats in communities.

This includes predator - proof fencing, top - predator restoration and conservation, lethal control, and maintenance of habitat structure.

Even when successful at substantially reducing the feline population, lethal control or removal methods may lead to an increased population of other non-native species with an even more detrimental effect (Fan 2005, Courchamp 1999).

Dingoes, red foxes and feral cats are all extant within the park, and dingo abundance would increase if the dingo - proof fence was realigned and if the park ceased its lethal control of the dingoes.

[21, 22] Recent modeling work reveals relatively modest costs by comparison, but suggests that the cost of lethal control is 4.5 — 9 times greater than costs associated with trap - neuter - return.

Throughout much of their historic range, dingoes have been wiped out due to exclusion or lethal control.

[1 — 3] Furthermore, the suggestion that lethal control methods would be more effective — implicit in HAHF's criticism of TNR — simply doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

People are fed up with the lethal control methods used for so many years that have proven ineffective and costly.

Even when successful at substantially reducing the feline population, lethal control or removal methods may lead to an increased population of other non-native species with an even more detrimental effect [21, 22].

[18](The paper also failed to acknowledge the inclusion of lethal control — which, according to the results, was also inferior to TVHR — as one of the three methods modeled.)

n.a., Point of View Re: Recent modeling study published in JAVMA advocating that feral cat management utilize vasectomies or hysterectomies rather than traditional spay / neuter or lethal control, 2013, Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs.

Programs that attempt to use lethal control to eliminate cat populations are inhumane, ineffective, and wasteful of scarce resources.

«If you read the brochures, go on their website, they play down the lethal control, which they are heavily involved in, and show you this benign side.