Efficacy of lethal-trap devices to improve the welfare of trapped wild dogs

Paul D. Meek; Stuart C. Brown; Jason Wishart; Heath Milne; Paul Aylett; Simon Humphrys; Guy Ballard; Peter Fleming

doi:10.1071/WR18129

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23 January 2019 Efficacy of lethal-trap devices to improve the welfare of trapped wild dogs

Paul D. Meek, Stuart C. Brown, Jason Wishart, Heath Milne, Paul Aylett, Simon Humphrys, Guy Ballard, Peter Fleming

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Wildlife Research, 46(1):89-95 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1071/WR18129

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Context. Wildlife and pest managers and stakeholders should constantly aim to improve animal-welfare outcomes when foot-hold trapping pest animals. To minimise stress and trauma to trapped animals, traps should be checked at least once every 24 h, normally as soon after sunrise as possible. If distance, time, environmental or geographical constraints prevent this, toxins such as strychnine can be fitted to trap jaws to induce euthanasia. However, strychnine is considered to have undesirable animal-welfare outcomes because animals are conscious while clinical signs of intoxication are present. A toxin considered more humane, para-aminopropiophenone (PAPP), is available to induce euthanasia in trapped animals but is untested for presentation and efficacy.

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Paul D. Meek, Stuart C. Brown, Jason Wishart, Heath Milne, Paul Aylett, Simon Humphrys, Guy Ballard, and Peter Fleming "Efficacy of lethal-trap devices to improve the welfare of trapped wild dogs," Wildlife Research 46(1), 89-95, (23 January 2019). https://doi.org/10.1071/WR18129

Received: 15 August 2018; Accepted: 26 November 2018; Published: 23 January 2019

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