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International consensus principles for ethical wildlife control.

Sara Dubois^1,2, Nicole Fenwick¹, Erin A Ryan¹

¹British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1245 East 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1R1, Canada.

Conservation Biology : the Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology

|January 17, 2017

Summary

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Ethical wildlife control requires shifting focus from animal removal to addressing human practices and fostering coexistence. Principles emphasize evidence, minimizing harm, and community values for effective, humane human-wildlife conflict management.

Keywords:

administración animal welfare bienestar de los animales conflicto entre humanos y animales silvestres control de plagas de vertebrados human-wildlife conflict justificación justification management normas policy valores values vertebrate pest control

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Area of Science:

Wildlife Management
Conservation Biology
Animal Ethics

Background:

Traditional human-wildlife conflict management often relies on exclusion, relocation, or lethal control.
Declining wildlife populations and ethical concerns necessitate evidence-based approaches to wildlife control.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore international perspectives on human-wildlife conflicts.
To develop principles for ethical and effective wildlife control strategies.

Main Methods:

Convened a 2-day workshop with 20 diverse experts.
Utilized facilitated engagement and discussion to develop principles.

Main Results:

Principles for ethical wildlife control were established.
Key principles include altering human practices, fostering coexistence, evidence-based justification, measurable objectives, minimizing animal harm, incorporating community values, and situational specificity.

Conclusions:

Recommended principles should guide international, national, and local wildlife control standards.
Emphasized a shift towards coexistence and evidence-based, ethical management of human-wildlife conflicts.