Human Safety during Wildlife Capture

Caulkett, Nigel; Shury, Todd

doi:10.1002/9781118792919.ch13

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“…The non‐invasive nature of camera‐based monitoring adds to their appeal, particularly when compared to individual‐based monitoring approaches which necessitate the physical capture and handling of wild animals. Wildlife captures bring risks for both wildlife (Soulsbury et al, 2020) and human researchers (Caulkett & Shury, 2014), and thus researchers should carefully consider if the information gained is worth the cost to those involved or if non‐invasive techniques can provide adequate information. That said, the density, distribution, and site selection of location‐based surveys could limit the ability to collect a sufficiently large sample, which can limit statistical power and ecological inference (Phillips et al, 2019).…”

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Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring

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Estimating habitat and spatial associations for wildlife is common across ecological studies and it is well known that individual traits can drive population dynamics and vice versa. Thus, it is commonly assumed that individual‐ and population‐level data should represent the same underlying processes, but few studies have directly compared contemporaneous data representing these different perspectives. We evaluated the circumstances under which data collected from Lagrangian (individual‐level) and Eulerian (population‐level) perspectives could yield comparable inference to understand how scalable information is from the individual to the population. We used Global Positioning System (GPS) collar (Lagrangian) and camera trap (Eulerian) data for seven species collected simultaneously in eastern Washington (2018–2020) to compare inferences made from different survey perspectives. We fit the respective data streams to resource selection functions (RSFs) and occupancy models and compared estimated habitat‐ and space‐use patterns for each species. Although previous studies have considered whether individual‐ and population‐level data generated comparable information, ours is the first to make this comparison for multiple species simultaneously and to specifically ask whether inferences from the two perspectives differed depending on the focal species. We found general agreement between the predicted spatial distributions for most paired analyses, although specific habitat relationships differed. We hypothesize the discrepancies arose due to differences in statistical power associated with camera and GPS‐collar sampling, as well as spatial mismatches in the data. Our research suggests data collected from individual‐based sampling methods can capture coarse population‐wide patterns for a diversity of species, but results differ when interpreting specific wildlife‐habitat relationships.

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Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring

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“…However, animal capture is considered one of the highest stress conditions that a wild animal is exposed to, and the behavioral and physiological responses in many species are comparable to a predation attempt [18,19]. There are also potential risks of serious injury to researchers that handle wild animals in these high stress situations [20]. Capture-release techniques for small cetaceans can also be cost prohibitive [21] and are primarily limited to low sample sizes of individuals in shallow water habitats with net encirclement methods, or for species that are prone to bowriding, hoop net capture is possible [22].…”

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Challenges in small cetacean telemetry: an attempt at developing a remotely deployed attachment device for single-pin dorsal fin satellite transmitters

Balmer

Westgate

McFee

2023

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Movement pattern and habitat use data are essential parameters for developing effective management strategies and successful conservation efforts for marine mammals across the world. Satellite telemetry is critical for collecting fine-scale, temporal and spatial data on individual animals that has broad-scale applicability at population and species levels. There have been significant advances in the remote deployment of satellite telemetry devices on large cetacean species. However, the development of comparable remote attachment methodologies for small cetaceans is still limited. Currently, satellite tag attachment for small cetaceans requires manual capture that increases the risk to the target animal, can be logistically challenging, and cost prohibitive. The goal of this project was to develop a novel tool to remotely attach single-pin satellite telemetry devices to the dorsal fin of individual small cetaceans. Three different spring-loaded designs and one pneumatic version of the remote attachment device were built in an iterative process to identify a successful deployment methodology. Ultimately, as a result of logistical challenges associated with a Category 5 hurricane, the COVID-19 pandemic, and engineering complexities related to dorsal fin morphology and small cetacean behavior, the objective of this project was not met. However, lessons learned from these attempts to develop this new sampling tool have applicability for future researchers in the successful completion of a safe and effective methodology for remote attachment of satellite tags to small cetacean dorsal fins.

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“…However, animal capture is considered one of the highest stress conditions that a wild animal is exposed to, and the behavioral and physiological responses in many species are comparable to a predation attempt [ 27 , 28 ]. There are also potential risks of serious injury to researchers that handle wild animals in these high stress situations [ 29 ]. In addition, zoonosis and reverse zoonosis are becoming increasingly concerning in potential disease transmission between humans and marine mammals [ 30 , 31 ].…”

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Challenges in small cetacean telemetry: an attempt at developing a remotely deployed attachment device for single-pin dorsal fin satellite transmitters

Balmer¹,

Westgate

McFee

2023

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Satellite telemetry is critical for collecting fine-scale temporal and spatial data on individual animals that has broad-scale applicability at population and species levels. There have been significant advances in the remote deployment of satellite telemetry devices on large cetacean species. However, the development of comparable remote attachment methodologies for small cetaceans is still limited. Currently, satellite tag attachment for small cetaceans requires manual capture that increases the risk to the target animal, can be logistically challenging, and cost prohibitive. The goal of this project was to develop a novel tool to remotely attach single-pin satellite telemetry devices to the dorsal fin of individual small cetaceans. Three different spring-loaded designs and one pneumatic version of the remote attachment device were built in an iterative process to identify a successful deployment methodology. Ultimately, as a result of logistical challenges associated with a Category 5 hurricane, the COVID-19 pandemic, and engineering complexities related to dorsal fin morphology and small cetacean behavior, the objective of this project was not met. However, lessons learned from these attempts to develop this new sampling tool have applicability for future researchers in the successful completion of a safe and effective methodology for remote attachment of satellite tags to small cetacean dorsal fins.

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Human Safety during Wildlife Capture

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring

Are we telling the same story? Comparing inferences made from camera trap and telemetry data for wildlife monitoring

Challenges in small cetacean telemetry: an attempt at developing a remotely deployed attachment device for single-pin dorsal fin satellite transmitters

Challenges in small cetacean telemetry: an attempt at developing a remotely deployed attachment device for single-pin dorsal fin satellite transmitters

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