Efficacy and Animal Welfare Impacts of Novel Capture Methods for Two Species of Invasive Wild Mammals in New Zealand

• Published in: Animals (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 44
• Main Authors: Latham, A David M, Davidson, Ben, Warburton, Bruce, Yockney, Ivor, Hampton, Jordan O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.01.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Adverse events; Aircraft accidents; Animal behavior; Animal traps; Animal welfare; Animals; bennett’s wallaby; Cervus elaphus; Cost analysis; darting; Deer; Environmental aspects; ground-based netting; Helicopters; Immobilization; Introduced animals; Mammals; Methods; Mortality; Narcotics; net-gunning; Notamacropus rufogriseus; Opioids; Red deer; Sensors; Social aspects; thiafentanil; tiletamine–zolazepam; Wallabies; Wildlife; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife habitats; New Zealand; darting; tiletamine–zolazepam; Notamacropus rufogriseus; net-gunning; ground-based netting; thiafentanil; Cervus elaphus; Bennett’s wallaby; red deer

All capture methods impose animal welfare impacts, but these impacts are rarely quantified or reported. We present data from two wildlife capture studies that trialled new methods for capturing Bennett's wallabies ( ) and red deer ( ) in New Zealand. We used helicopter net-gunning for both spec...