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Wolves’ avoidance of flag barriers and management implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

M Musiani  and
E Visalberghi
M Musiani
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology of the National Research Council, Via Aldrovandi 16b, Rome, Italy
E Visalberghi
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychology of the National Research Council, Via Aldrovandi 16b, Rome, Italy
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Sir, Leg-hold traps are the devices most commonly used by researchers to capture wolves. These traps can cause injury, as they cannot usually be monitored closely enough to prevent captured animals from struggling in them. In areas where guard dogs are not used, typical methods for controlling wolf predation on livestock are culling and building substantial or electric fences to exclude wolves. These methods have two major drawbacks - culling can threaten the population, and conventional fences are expensive and difficult to maintain.

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Letters
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Animal Welfare , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 2000 , pp. 108
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© 2000 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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