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Managing Love and Death at the Zoo: The - ANU Press
... for hierarchy. Of course, attacks by animals potentially expose zoo workers and overeager visitors to grave injury, but such acts (just like refusal to breed) are the last form of resistance available to a caste of creatures entirely at the whim of their kindly protectors, sheltered in artificial, r ...
... for hierarchy. Of course, attacks by animals potentially expose zoo workers and overeager visitors to grave injury, but such acts (just like refusal to breed) are the last form of resistance available to a caste of creatures entirely at the whim of their kindly protectors, sheltered in artificial, r ...
Snowshoe Hare - Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society
... Snowshoe hares are very lively and fast and have multiple tactics to avoid predators. They can move up to 3m (10 feet) in one jump, and can travel up to 45 kph (28 mph)! They use a network of trails to get around their range, and they keep these trails well maintained in order to have an escape rout ...
... Snowshoe hares are very lively and fast and have multiple tactics to avoid predators. They can move up to 3m (10 feet) in one jump, and can travel up to 45 kph (28 mph)! They use a network of trails to get around their range, and they keep these trails well maintained in order to have an escape rout ...
Water and land biomes
... • Needles are leaves that make food for the tree. • The needles last out through the whole year. One Canada Taiga biomes goes all the way through Canada. ...
... • Needles are leaves that make food for the tree. • The needles last out through the whole year. One Canada Taiga biomes goes all the way through Canada. ...
Habitat Use
... • As heterotrophs, animals need - Food for growth, maintenance - Water (sometimes obtained exclusively from food) - Rest (often involves finding shelter/cover) • not necessarily sleep ...
... • As heterotrophs, animals need - Food for growth, maintenance - Water (sometimes obtained exclusively from food) - Rest (often involves finding shelter/cover) • not necessarily sleep ...
White-tailed Deer - Connecticut Envirothon
... controlled using a number of methods, such as fencing, repellents, and preventive measures. Fencing: Electric high-tensile wire fences such as the 7strand slant wire, the 6-wire vertical fence, and others have been designed to protect crops from deer damage. Spacing between wires should be about eig ...
... controlled using a number of methods, such as fencing, repellents, and preventive measures. Fencing: Electric high-tensile wire fences such as the 7strand slant wire, the 6-wire vertical fence, and others have been designed to protect crops from deer damage. Spacing between wires should be about eig ...
wildlife habitat conservation and management plan
... B. Control of Dogs and Other Pets: [Feral cats feed extensively on songbirds, game birds, mice and other rodents, rabbits, and other wildlife. In doing so, they lower the carrying capacity of an area for native predators such as foxes, raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, weasels, and other animals that comp ...
... B. Control of Dogs and Other Pets: [Feral cats feed extensively on songbirds, game birds, mice and other rodents, rabbits, and other wildlife. In doing so, they lower the carrying capacity of an area for native predators such as foxes, raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, weasels, and other animals that comp ...
WILDLIFE HABITAT CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN
... B. Control of Dogs and Other Pets: [Feral cats feed extensively on songbirds, game birds, mice and other rodents, rabbits, and other wildlife. In doing so, they lower the carrying capacity of an area for native predators such as foxes, raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, weasels, and other animals that comp ...
... B. Control of Dogs and Other Pets: [Feral cats feed extensively on songbirds, game birds, mice and other rodents, rabbits, and other wildlife. In doing so, they lower the carrying capacity of an area for native predators such as foxes, raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, weasels, and other animals that comp ...
IWFF Guidelines for Ethical Wildlife Filmmaking
... component of your film. Offset any potential environmental impact that the making of your film may have by playing an active role in conservation, renewable energy, or some other method. 2. Plan carefully. Create a statement outlining your methods of filmmaking for broadcasters and other interested ...
... component of your film. Offset any potential environmental impact that the making of your film may have by playing an active role in conservation, renewable energy, or some other method. 2. Plan carefully. Create a statement outlining your methods of filmmaking for broadcasters and other interested ...
Focus On: Wildlife Management - Alberta Environment and Parks
... especially important when gathered over a long period of time so population trends can be recorded. Such trends indicate the overall health of the population and whether further management is needed to either increase or decrease numbers. Biologists gather this information using a variety of populat ...
... especially important when gathered over a long period of time so population trends can be recorded. Such trends indicate the overall health of the population and whether further management is needed to either increase or decrease numbers. Biologists gather this information using a variety of populat ...
Three Priddy Droves 4.5mls 8km
... Water Drove, are typically marked by dry stone walls, many are also bordered by shrubs that provide a valuable habitat for plants, animals and insects. The top of the Mendip Plateau is exposed to the elements and many species of flowering plants, ferns, lichens and mosses find refuge on the leeward ...
... Water Drove, are typically marked by dry stone walls, many are also bordered by shrubs that provide a valuable habitat for plants, animals and insects. The top of the Mendip Plateau is exposed to the elements and many species of flowering plants, ferns, lichens and mosses find refuge on the leeward ...
Animals Australia(PDF 683.76 KB)
... development risks including habitat clearing and disruption from roads, housing, mining and agriculture. The control of invasive species must be part of an overall strategy that is humane, based on peerreviewed scientific evidence, and meets community expectations. As such, Animals Australia strongl ...
... development risks including habitat clearing and disruption from roads, housing, mining and agriculture. The control of invasive species must be part of an overall strategy that is humane, based on peerreviewed scientific evidence, and meets community expectations. As such, Animals Australia strongl ...
Rabbit and Rodent Management in Alberta
... Human beings have lived alongside the various species of rabbits and rodents for many years. The First Nations peoples hunted and trapped rabbits and rodents for food and for fur. Later European settlers would also place great value on rabbit and rodent pelts for trade. Sometimes, the relationship b ...
... Human beings have lived alongside the various species of rabbits and rodents for many years. The First Nations peoples hunted and trapped rabbits and rodents for food and for fur. Later European settlers would also place great value on rabbit and rodent pelts for trade. Sometimes, the relationship b ...
habitat talks - Cotswold Wildlife Park
... or cellulose) and many herbivores have a gut that can ferment this for them. Even so, much of what they eat passes straight through their system so they produce a large quantity of faeces. Zebra and giraffe have skin markings that are used for many things including intra specific recognition, heat c ...
... or cellulose) and many herbivores have a gut that can ferment this for them. Even so, much of what they eat passes straight through their system so they produce a large quantity of faeces. Zebra and giraffe have skin markings that are used for many things including intra specific recognition, heat c ...
DRUMLIN FARM WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
... Investigate the important role worms and other invertebrates play in a soil ecosystem, and observe native wildlife such as birds, mammals, and amphibians that depend on worms and other invertebrates for food and survival. ...
... Investigate the important role worms and other invertebrates play in a soil ecosystem, and observe native wildlife such as birds, mammals, and amphibians that depend on worms and other invertebrates for food and survival. ...
Community-led action factsheets
... land-holders work together, due to the mobile nature of invasive animals. However, some landholders may benefit from the management without becoming involved. If land adjoins national parks or other protected areas, then there may be the need for government involvement to create a coordinated respon ...
... land-holders work together, due to the mobile nature of invasive animals. However, some landholders may benefit from the management without becoming involved. If land adjoins national parks or other protected areas, then there may be the need for government involvement to create a coordinated respon ...
position statement on feral cats
... cats is not productive. The number of cats is undeniably large. Even if conservative estimates of prey taken are considered, the number of prey animals killed is immense. The supplemental feeding of cats does not deter them from killing wildlife; often they do not eat what they kill. Likewise, popul ...
... cats is not productive. The number of cats is undeniably large. Even if conservative estimates of prey taken are considered, the number of prey animals killed is immense. The supplemental feeding of cats does not deter them from killing wildlife; often they do not eat what they kill. Likewise, popul ...
Ground shooting of feral donkeys
... Anecdotal reports by hunters maintain that some species are more susceptible to this shock effect than others; however no studies were found that confirmed this. However there is some speculation that, if one of the mechanisms that contribute to the effect of hydrostatic shock and subsequent damage ...
... Anecdotal reports by hunters maintain that some species are more susceptible to this shock effect than others; however no studies were found that confirmed this. However there is some speculation that, if one of the mechanisms that contribute to the effect of hydrostatic shock and subsequent damage ...
Whitetail Deer
... took the pine and were replaced by hardwoods thus expanding Whitetail range. There are actually more deer now than ever before. Now, they are the #1 big game animal hunted in the united states. ...
... took the pine and were replaced by hardwoods thus expanding Whitetail range. There are actually more deer now than ever before. Now, they are the #1 big game animal hunted in the united states. ...
Terrestrial hunting by crocodilians
... other occasions animals were observed by roadsides at night. The longest distance from the water edge to the road/trail was 50 m, but in most cases the animals were less than 10 m from water. When approached by foot, most alligators remained motionless until the observer or the car was 1-2 m. At clo ...
... other occasions animals were observed by roadsides at night. The longest distance from the water edge to the road/trail was 50 m, but in most cases the animals were less than 10 m from water. When approached by foot, most alligators remained motionless until the observer or the car was 1-2 m. At clo ...
K-2 - Wave Foundation
... are over-fishing, oil pollution, and the collection of guano and eggs. Predation also serves as a factor, considering the observation of the African penguin’s newest predator, the leopard seal. Hope lies in the protection of this species under the classification of the endangered status. Breeding gr ...
... are over-fishing, oil pollution, and the collection of guano and eggs. Predation also serves as a factor, considering the observation of the African penguin’s newest predator, the leopard seal. Hope lies in the protection of this species under the classification of the endangered status. Breeding gr ...
Philosophical Background of Attitudes toward
... shoulders and argues that we must act fairly toward animals. As people who control animals’ lives, we must treat them well not because they “deserve” it but because it demeans us not to. For example, he asks undergraduate students using shock as a deterrent in their animal studies to first try the s ...
... shoulders and argues that we must act fairly toward animals. As people who control animals’ lives, we must treat them well not because they “deserve” it but because it demeans us not to. For example, he asks undergraduate students using shock as a deterrent in their animal studies to first try the s ...
"Monsters are coming: cryptozoology" pdf file
... and 10 metres long with a long neck and a small head, two or three humps on its back, four fin-like limbs and a tail, sighted both in the water and on dry land. This creature, very similar to a plesiosaur, could not have survived the passage of millenniums in a place visited by thousands of tourists ...
... and 10 metres long with a long neck and a small head, two or three humps on its back, four fin-like limbs and a tail, sighted both in the water and on dry land. This creature, very similar to a plesiosaur, could not have survived the passage of millenniums in a place visited by thousands of tourists ...
Voluntary conservation of wildlife refuges brochure
... Landholders identify land to be covered by a Wildlife Refuge and with assistance from the DECCW staff, information is prepared including a Scheme of Operations outlining management objectives. These are tailored for each property, ensuring that other property management objectives can be achieved wh ...
... Landholders identify land to be covered by a Wildlife Refuge and with assistance from the DECCW staff, information is prepared including a Scheme of Operations outlining management objectives. These are tailored for each property, ensuring that other property management objectives can be achieved wh ...
Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics: Bad Marriage, Quick
... do not know how animal liberationists, such as Singer, propose to relieve animal suffering in nature (where most of it occurs), but there are many ways to do so at little cost. Singer has suggested, with respect to pest control, that animals might be fed contraceptive chemicals rather than poisons. ...
... do not know how animal liberationists, such as Singer, propose to relieve animal suffering in nature (where most of it occurs), but there are many ways to do so at little cost. Singer has suggested, with respect to pest control, that animals might be fed contraceptive chemicals rather than poisons. ...
Managing carnivore-livestock conflicts in Amboseli National Park
... DEFINITION: “Any interaction between humans and wildlife that results in negative impacts on human social, economic or cultural life, on the conservation of wildlife populations, or on the environment.” (WWF, 2005) ...
... DEFINITION: “Any interaction between humans and wildlife that results in negative impacts on human social, economic or cultural life, on the conservation of wildlife populations, or on the environment.” (WWF, 2005) ...
Roadkill
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Roadkill is an animal or animals that have been struck and killed by motor vehicles driven by humans on highways. It is important because of the loss of wild animals, road safety, and the economic impact on both drivers and road management. For this reason it has increasingly become the topic of academic research to understand the causes, and how it can be mitigated. Some roadkill can also be eaten.