eprintid: 502
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
userid: 5
dir: disk0/00/00/05/02
datestamp: 2022-05-04 23:36:54
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Proulx, G.
creators_id: gproulx@alphawildlife.ca
title: Veterinarians and Wildlife Biologists Should Join Forces to End Inhumane Mammal Trapping Technology
ispublished: pub
subjects: Q1
subjects: SF
divisions: j13
full_text_status: public
keywords: Humaneness, Mammal trapping, Traps, Trapping standards
abstract: Current mammal trapping standards uphold the use of inhumane trapping technology. For example, killing neck snares for the capture of canids, and rotating-jaw traps, and steel-jawed leghold traps for procyonids and mustelids, are being used by trappers despite decades of research showing that they are inhumane, and cause serious injuries and distress in captured animals. Many wildlife biologists unsuccessfully raised concerns about inhumane mammal trappings. This short communication stresses the need for veterinarians and wildlife biologists to work together to improve the fate of mammals captured in killing or restraining traps, and modify mammal trapping standards on the basis of animal welfare science.
date: 2021-09-25
publication: World's Veterinary Journal
volume: 11
number: 3
publisher: Scienceline Publication, Ltd
pagerange: 317-318
id_number: https://dx.doi.org/10.54203/scil.2021.wvj43
refereed: TRUE
issn: 23224568 (ISSN)
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85115376302&partnerID=40&md5=db309eff07d7324e9a656b8d13d81813
j_index: scopus
citation:    (2021)     Veterinarians and Wildlife Biologists Should Join Forces to End Inhumane Mammal Trapping Technology.   World's Veterinary Journal.  pp. 317-318.  ISSN 23224568 (ISSN)   
document_url: http://eprints.science-line.com/id/eprint/502/1/WVJ%2011%283%29%2C%20317-318%2C%20September%2025%202021.pdf