2023
DOI: 10.3897/arphapreprints.e101198
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Aerial culling feral fallow deer with shotguns improves efficiency and welfare outcomes

Abstract: Feral deer are some of Australia’s worst emerging pest species. Recently, the Government of South Australia launched a four-year program to reduce the populations of feral fallow deer (Dama dama). The program will focus on coordinating landscape-scale aerial culls and seeks to deliver the most efficient and humane approach to aerial culling. We sourced data from a recent program trialling a new approach to aerial culling that incorporated advanced thermal technology and a second shooter with a shotgun to targe… Show more

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“…On Kangaroo Island, private landholders have historically used shooting, trapping, and dogs to control pigs, while government agencies have trialled alternative methods such as poisoning with sodium fluoroacetate (1080/PIGOUT®), as well as investigating the use of radio-collared ‘judas’ pigs to improve pig detection of remaining herds (Masters et al 2011). Methods currently used on Kangaroo Island include ground-based shooting, poisoning with sodium nitrite (HOGGONE®), trapping, and thermal-assisted aerial culling — a novel approach to aerial culling that uses thermal imagery to improve detection (Cox et al 2022, Bradshaw et al 2023).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On Kangaroo Island, private landholders have historically used shooting, trapping, and dogs to control pigs, while government agencies have trialled alternative methods such as poisoning with sodium fluoroacetate (1080/PIGOUT®), as well as investigating the use of radio-collared ‘judas’ pigs to improve pig detection of remaining herds (Masters et al 2011). Methods currently used on Kangaroo Island include ground-based shooting, poisoning with sodium nitrite (HOGGONE®), trapping, and thermal-assisted aerial culling — a novel approach to aerial culling that uses thermal imagery to improve detection (Cox et al 2022, Bradshaw et al 2023).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%