A review of methods used to capture and restrain introduced wild deer in Australia
Jordan O. Hampton A K , Neal A. Finch B , Kurt Watter B , Matthew Amos C , Tony Pople D , Andrew Moriarty E , Andrew Jacotine F , Daryl Panther G , Clark McGhie H , Chris Davies I , Jim Mitchell J and David M. Forsyth E
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A Ecotone Wildlife Veterinary Services, Inverloch, Vic. 3996, Australia.
B University of Queensland, Gatton, Qld 4343, Australia.
C Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia.
D Biosecurity Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia.
E NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia.
F Veterinary Surgical Services Victoria, Mansfield, Vic. 3722, Australia.
G Victorian Wildlife Management, Ararat, Vic. 3377, Australia.
H Research into Deer Genetics and Environment, Petrie, Qld 4502, Australia.
I Federation University, Churchill, Vic. 3842, Australia.
J FeralFix Services, Charters Towers, Qld 4820, Australia.
K Corresponding author. Email: j.hampton@ecotonewildlife.com
Australian Mammalogy 41(1) 1-11 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM17047
Submitted: 3 September 2017 Accepted: 6 December 2017 Published: 31 January 2018
Abstract
Six non-native deer species have established wild populations in Australia, and most are expanding in distribution and abundance. There is therefore increasing focus on the need to understand and manage these species. Capturing and immobilising wild deer is essential for many research and management applications, but the best methods for doing this have not been identified for the Australian situation. To address this knowledge gap, we systematically reviewed methods used to physically capture and chemically immobilise the six wild deer species in Australia. A variety of physical and chemical restraint methods have been used to capture wild deer in Australia, but these have seldom been reported in peer-reviewed publications. Physical capture methods have employed a variety of trapping and netting configurations. Some chemical immobilisation approaches have used oral baiting, but most have relied on darting of free-ranging animals or hand-injection of physically restrained deer. There is uncertainty about the efficacy and animal welfare impacts of the techniques currently used to capture wild deer in Australia. Improved reporting of capture outcomes would facilitate the identification of ‘best practice’ techniques for capturing wild deer in Australian environments.
Additional keywords: animal welfare, chemical immobilisation, invasive species, stress, wildlife management.
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