Wild boar behaviour during live-trap capture in a corral-style trap: implications for animal welfare

Authors: Åsa Fahlman, Johan Lindsjö, Therese Arvén Norling, Petter Kjellander, Erik Olof Ågren, Ulrika Alm Bergvall

Publication/Journal: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Keywords: 3R, ethogram, health, hunting, management, refinement, stress, sus scrofa, trapping, wildlife

2020

Steel-Jawed Leghold Traps and Killing Neck Snares: Similar Injuries Command Change to Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards

Authors: Gilbert Proulx, Dwight Rodtka

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, canids, humaneness, international trapping standards, killing neck snares

2017

Assessing Animal Welfare Impacts in the Management of European Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), European Moles (Talpa europaea) and Carrion Crows (Corvus corone)

Authors: S. E. Baker, T. M. Sharp, D. W. Macdonald

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: aggregation, consequences, conservation, dislocation, multidisciplinary sciences, predation, strategies, thresholds, traps, vertebrate pest-control, wildlife

2016

Welfare aspects of identification and marking methods for domestic cats

Authors: R. Binder, V. Heizmann, J. Troxler

Publication/Journal: Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift

Keywords: collars, dogs, ear tags, ear tipping, feral cats, mice, microchip transponder, microchips, permanent identification, pet cats, population control, site, tattoo, tnr-programmes, veterinary sciences, working group

2016

Cumulative experience, age-class, sex and season affect the behavioural responses of European badgers (Meles meles) to handling and sedation

Authors: Q. Sun, C. Stevens, C. Newman, C. D. Buesching, D. W. Macdonald

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, badger, behavioural response, injection, restraint, sedation

2015

Immediate effects of capture on nest visits of breeding blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus, are substantial

Authors: Emmi Schlicht, Bart Kempenaers

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: blue tit, capture, cyanistes caeruleus, feeding, handling, human disturbance, nest visit, parental care, trapping

2015

Potential welfare impacts of kill-trapping European moles (Talpa europaea) using scissor traps and Duffus traps: a post mortem examination study

Authors: S. E. Baker, R. F. Shaw, R. P. D. Atkinson, P. West, D. W. Macdonald

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, european mole, sex bias, spring trap, trap, wildlife management

2015

The progress in nutrition research of musk deer: Implication for conservation

Authors: Wenxia Wang, Ran Zhou, Lan He, Shuqiang Liu, Juntong Zhou, Lei Qi, Linhai Li, Defu Hu

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: conservation, musk deer, nutrition, reintroduction

2015

A welfare assessment of methods used for harvesting, hunting and population control of kangaroos and wallabies

Authors: K. A. Descovich, I. J. McDonald, A. Tribe, C. J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, culling, lethal control, macropod, non-lethal control, population management

2015

The role of behavioural heterogeneity on infection patterns: implications for pathogen transmission

Authors: Laurie Dizney, M. Denise Dearing

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggressive interaction, deer mice, disease ecology, disease transmission, hantavirus, peromyscus maniculatus, risky behaviour, zoonotic disease

2013