Articles tagged with 'Managing introduced species'
What is humane vertebrate pest control?
Humane vertebrate pest control (HVPC) is the development and selection of feasible control programs and techniques that avoid or minimise pain, suffering and distress to target and non-target animals. A totally humane pest control method is one where the animal experiences no pain suffering or distress.
What is the most humane way to kill a cane toad?
Cane toads are a highly invasive species and are regarded as a major environmental pest in Australia. While there is universal agreement over the need to control cane toads, there is significant debate over what is the most humane method to use.
What is the RSPCA’s view on the trapping of wild dogs?
Wild dogs, (include feral cross-breed dogs, dingoes and hybrids of the two) can cause substantial suffering to livestock when they kill or injure sheep, calves or other young animals.
What is the RSPCA’s view on the release of Cyprinid herpesvirus to kill carp?
In late 2016, the Australian Government commissioned a two-year research and planning process to determine the feasibility of using a virus (known as Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 or CyHV-3) to control invasive European carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Australia.
What is rabbit calicivirus and how do I protect my rabbit from rabbit haemorrhagic disease?
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) is caused by the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV), a type of calicivirus which is fatal in non-immune rabbits. There are currently two pathogenic types of this virus in wild rabbit populations in Australia.
Is PAPP a more humane toxin than 1080 for pest animal control?
RSPCA Australia has campaigned strongly for research into alternatives to 1080 poison for the control of pest animals so that it can be replaced with a more humane poison or, better still, for humane non-lethal methods to be developed and adopted.
Is sodium nitrite a more humane toxin than 1080 for feral pig control?
RSPCA Australia has campaigned strongly for research into alternatives to 1080 poison for the control of pest animals. It is important that 1080 is replaced with a more humane poison or, better still, for humane non-lethal methods to be developed and adopted.
What are glue boards and why are they inhumane?
Glue boards (also known as glue traps) are made of cardboard, plastic or wood covered in an adhesive and are promoted as a rodent control method. They are designed to catch and trap animals who run across their surface.
Are glue boards legal in Australia?
Glue boards (also known as glue traps) are made of cardboard, plastic or wood covered in an adhesive and are promoted as a rodent control method. They are designed to catch and trap animals who run across their surface.
Should bounties be used in wild animal management programs?
A bounty is a predetermined amount of money paid to an individual who provides necessary evidence that a specified species of ‘pest’ animal has been killed. There are many risks with bounties including animals not being killed humanely and being ineffective in reducing impacts of targeted animals.