Animal protectionists assert that the trapping industry and
wildlife damage control programs (such as the USDA - APHIS - Wildlife Services agency and private wildlife control companies) constitute the worst expression of environmental stewardship.
[94] They also encourage the employment of habitat restriction and modification as a means of
wildlife damage control, as could be done through fencing or other forms of habitat modification.
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.
Not exact matches
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.»
Animal
Control officers respond to calls about
wildlife damage to homes and yards.