Sentences with phrase «predator control»

A variety of dog breeds can work for predator control.

For many years predator control has been a major problem for the American livestock industry.

Not all predators are equal: a continent - scale analysis of the effects of predator control on Australian mammals

Since a story on coyotes appeared in The Lake Sentinel on July 19, advice has been coming in on predator control.

Animal protectionists cast a great deal of ire on the wildlife damage control programs, especially the work performed by USDA - APHIS - Wildlife Services (hereafter WS) which has historically administered predator control programs in the U.S.. For example, activists reject the idea that coyote control programs are needed to protect flocks from costly predation.

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland applied to perform the trapping and the licence application states: «Any individuals which are obviously feral domestic cats will be dispatched according to standard predator control practices by the land manager, with appropriate firearm in one shot with minimal time to death.»

The Black - footed Ferret has been listed as an endangered species since 1967; more than a half century of misguided predator control campaigns and efforts to eradicate prairie dogs from farm and ranch land decimated the population.

During the first half of the 20th century, misguided predator control campaigns and efforts to eradicate prairie dogs from farm and ranch land decimated the population.

The final analyses showed that the slabs of meat were carrying a heavy load of 1080, which is supposed to be used in predator control only by U.S. Government trappers but, in fact, sifts into the hands of private poisoners all over the West.

The logic of predator control seems airtight: Remove livestock - killing wolves, coyotes, bears, and other predators, and you'll protect farmers and ranchers from future losses.

Trophic cascades in which a top predator controls its herbivore prey via top - down forces will therefore always have an odd number of trophic levels.

If the farm spread is very large, and the local predators are primarily wolf packs or big game, several guardians may be required to effect sufficent predator control.

This would eliminate subsidized predator control for ranchers, consisting chiefly of killing coyotes, but would not interfere with killing wildlife under contract from other government agencies — for instance, to protect airports, endangered species, and golf greens on public land.

This coincided with an upsurge in the coyote population in the American West and a movement to use guardian dogs for predator control instead of poison and other methods that had not been effective.

Fox monitoring and research in support of the San Clemente loggerhead shrike predator control program on Naval Auxillary Landing Field, San Clemente Island, California.

On the other hand guard dogs assume a proprietary interest in the animals, living with the herd all the time.For many years predator control has been a major problem for the American livestock industry.

Although still uncommon, the Sarplaninac is increasing in popularity for predator control in the United States and Canada.

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.

Not only can shooters establish and manage such schemes on behalf of farmers but they also provide the vitally important pest and predator control of foxes, deer, woodpigeon, rabbits, grey squirrels and corvids which is often overlooked when formulating these on - farm conservation options.

However, the BASC also stresses that «it is the responsibility of all those involved in pest and predator control to ensure their methods are legal, humane and carried out with sensitivity and respect for other countryside users.»

BASC strongly opposes the Hunting Act, and believes land owners and managers should be able to choose the most effective methods of pest and predator control for their circumstances.

But the British Association for Shooting and Conservation argues that pest and predator control is a necessary and integral part of conservation and wildlife management.

It is the responsibility of all of those involved in pest and predator control to ensure their methods are legal, humane and carried out with sensitivity and respect for other countryside users.

Pest and predator control is an integral part of conservation and wildlife management.

Disapprove Alaska Predator Control Rule — Vote Passed (225 - 193, 12 Not Voting) The joint resolution would disapprove the rule issued by the Interior Department on Aug. 5, 2016, that prohibits certain predator control practices in national wildlife refuges in Alaska (such as the taking of mother bears and their cubs, the killing of wolves and their pups at den sites, and aerial shooting).

Its problems have not gone away, and the population is now inbred, but a combination of measures including a captive breeding programme, habitat restoration and predator control are building up numbers.

Invasive predators occur on hundreds of islands and predator control and eradication are costly exercises.

The dynamics of feral cats (Felis catus) were assessed at Shark Bay at two adjoining sites subject to differing intensities of predator control.

Komondors are well suited for the task of predator control (both two and four legged kind).

Federally - funded projects have been established to study the use of livestock guard dogs for predator control and have found the dogs to be successful under certain circumstances.

For more information about the Predator Control Committee, contact the Secretary.

Alaska is no stranger to predator control.

The animal was working as a hunting, herding, farm, or predator control dog while on the owner's property or while under the owner's control.