Capturing nuisance urban Canada geese using the bird immobilizing agent alpha-chloralose in Reno, Nevada: What we learned

• Main Author: Smith, Mike A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2004
• Subjects: alpha-chloralose; Branta canadensis; Canada goose; nuisance; urban wildlife; Life Sciences; Canada; Reno; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0x85896x

This paper discusses several challenges Wildlife Services (WS) personnel encountered while conducting alpha-chloralose (AC) treatments on Canada geese in Reno, Nevada during May and June 2003. While the WS AC training manual provides guidelines for the safe and effective anesthetization of Canada ge...