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Systematic review of equids and telemetry collars: implications for deployment and reporting

Jacob D. Hennig https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6450-6906 A D , J. Derek Scasta A , Jeffrey L. Beck https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0236-7343 A , Kathryn A. Schoenecker B and Sarah R. B. King C
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A Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA.

B United States Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA.

C Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.

D Corresponding author. Email: jacobhennig@gmail.com

Wildlife Research 47(5) 361-371 https://doi.org/10.1071/WR19229
Submitted: 21 November 2019  Accepted: 7 April 2020   Published: 1 July 2020

Abstract

Data from animals equipped with global positioning system collars have advanced our understanding of vertebrates, but this technology has rarely been employed to study feral equids. Hesitation to equip feral equids with telemetry collars in the USA can often be attributed to safety concerns stemming from one study from the 1980s, where injuries were sustained by feral horses (Equus ferus caballus) equipped with radio-collars. Improvements in collar design over the ensuing quarter-century may have decreased risk of collar-related complications; however, telemetry-based studies on feral equids continue to be limited. In the present review, studies from wild and feral equids worldwide were systematically reviewed to better understand the mortality and injury risk in application of telemetry collars to equids. Our goals were to: (1) report the number of individual equids fitted with telemetry collars (1979–2017); and (2) document the number of individual equids that reportedly died or suffered injuries from collars or other sources. A comparative review of elk (Cervus canadensis), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) was also conducted to evaluate the relative risk of collar-related complications among equids and routinely collared North American ungulates. In total, 1089 wild and feral telemetered equids were identified across 48 studies. Of these, 87 (8.0%) were reported to have died, with only one (0.09%) mortality attributable to a collar. Comparatively, 23.0% (1095) of 4761 elk, mule deer and pronghorn fitted with telemetry collars were found to have died in the same number of studies, though no mortalities were reported to be related to the collar. Although wild and feral equids did not experience increased natural mortality compared with the other ungulates, studies have not provided sufficient information to assess relative risk of collar-related complications. Explicit reporting and discussion of telemetry collar impacts in future publications of all animal species are recommended, especially equids, to improve understanding of how telemetry collars can affect study individuals.

Additional keywords: conservation, feral species, mortality, ungulates, wildlife management.


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