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DISEASE and POPULATION CONTROL
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There are many other diseases such as tularemia,
leptospirosis. brucellosis (undulant fever), rocky
mountain spotted fever and hundreds more that wild
animals carry and that can be contracted by man or
his domestic animals. You all see why it is important
not to let Mother Nature take her course.
One of the best ways to control and prevent disease
outbreaks is through legitimate and controlled trapping of animals with foothold traps.
You notice we said prevent disease. This means
purposely trapping and removing healthy animals so
that the wild animal populations are kept at reasonable levels to prevent the spread of disease. Controlling an outbreak of disease once started would include
trapping both healthy and sick animals.
The foothold trap is by far the superior method
to control animal population
However. the trapping of healthy animals to keep
the population low is far better than waiting for an
outbreak to occur before trapping starts.
Yes, there are other methods to control animal
populations. such as poisons. but poison is too nonselective and often too many animals are killed.
The foothold trap is by far the superior method as
unwanted animals may he released uninjured.
Our fish and game departments set the trapping
seasons each year so that only the overpopulation,
or surplus animals are trapped. If populations are too
high the season is lengthened so that more animals
are trapped, or if the population is too low then the
trapping season is shortened. The population levels
are measured by trained wildlife biologists so that no
mistakes are made.
Presently various groups have advocated the outlawing of trapping because they say it is cruel. Make
up your own mind: should we let Mother Nature take
her course or use the knowledge of the trained wildlife biologist to maintain healthy wildlife and protect
people and pets through controlled trapping of wildlife when overpopulated. |
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Credit to Robert Wendt, D.V.M.,
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Education Division
and the Pathology and Rabies Control Section
of the Delmar Wildlife Laboratory.
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