Electronic aversive conditioning for managing wolf predation
Electronic training collars have previously been used to condition captive predators not to attack livestock and other prey, but the use of aversive collars in actual management situations involving wild predators has not been scientifically evaluated and published. We adapted and tested commerciall...
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ftcdlib:qt81652500 2023-05-15T15:50:47+02:00 Electronic aversive conditioning for managing wolf predation Shivik, John A. Asher, Val Bradley, Liz Kunkel, Kyran Phillips, Mike Breck, Stewart Bangs, Ed 227 - 231 2002-01-01 application/pdf http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/81652500 english eng eScholarship, University of California qt81652500 http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/81652500 public Shivik, John A.; Asher, Val; Bradley, Liz; Kunkel, Kyran; Phillips, Mike; Breck, Stewart; et al.(2002). Electronic aversive conditioning for managing wolf predation. Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, 20(20), 227 - 231. doi:10.5070/V420110062. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/81652500 aversive conditioning Canis lupus non-lethal shock electric gray wolf livestock predation Life Sciences article 2002 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.5070/V420110062 2019-04-05T22:52:13Z Electronic training collars have previously been used to condition captive predators not to attack livestock and other prey, but the use of aversive collars in actual management situations involving wild predators has not been scientifically evaluated and published. We adapted and tested commercially available dog training collars in an actual management situation involving wild wolves. Because we temporarily held wolves in captivity, we also discuss the use of pens as a tool that provides management flexibility. Three packs that had been implicated in killing livestock were held at a pen facility at the Flying D Ranch near Bozeman, Montana. Wolves from 2 packs were used in training collar experiments. We ran trials using bison calves, domestic cow calves, and hides to test equipment and the behavioral conditioning paradigm. In our program, we were unable to condition wolves not to attack livestock because of a variety of logistical and behavioral reasons. We concluded that temporarily holding wolves at a small, moderately accessible facility is of limited use for determining the utility of aversive conditioning as a wolf predation management technique. More research is necessary to effectively apply electronic training collars to wolf management. However, we determined that maintaining holding pens for wolves provides flexibility to managers in translocation efforts. Because wolves in our studies survived to reproduce, our collaborative efforts have made a significant contribution to wolf recovery. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus gray wolf University of California: eScholarship Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference 20 |
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Electronic training collars have previously been used to condition captive predators not to attack livestock and other prey, but the use of aversive collars in actual management situations involving wild predators has not been scientifically evaluated and published. We adapted and tested commercially available dog training collars in an actual management situation involving wild wolves. Because we temporarily held wolves in captivity, we also discuss the use of pens as a tool that provides management flexibility. Three packs that had been implicated in killing livestock were held at a pen facility at the Flying D Ranch near Bozeman, Montana. Wolves from 2 packs were used in training collar experiments. We ran trials using bison calves, domestic cow calves, and hides to test equipment and the behavioral conditioning paradigm. In our program, we were unable to condition wolves not to attack livestock because of a variety of logistical and behavioral reasons. We concluded that temporarily holding wolves at a small, moderately accessible facility is of limited use for determining the utility of aversive conditioning as a wolf predation management technique. More research is necessary to effectively apply electronic training collars to wolf management. However, we determined that maintaining holding pens for wolves provides flexibility to managers in translocation efforts. Because wolves in our studies survived to reproduce, our collaborative efforts have made a significant contribution to wolf recovery. |
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