Wildlife overpopulation management is the science of reaching goals by manipulating and/or maintaining the habitats and populations of wildlife. You should know the population trends and the interaction of your species, before you try to take the animal away from its natural habitat. When deers are hit by trains, people do accept it. No one believes we should get rid of railroads and trains because they hit a deer every once and a while. Another example, would be if a hunter accidentally shoots a bird or hen. But, just because of one mistake, people don't stop hunting. Sometimes, landowners make individual population management choices, when they should think about the whole population and it's effects/reaction.
When a population gets too big, you have to either slow down the reproduction rate or take out a percentage of the population. As example, deer season gives hunters allotted time to hunt and kill deer because of the overpopulation. But, when an animal is endangered hunters are not allowed to kill them. When an animal is endangered, people shelter them because they need to keep the species living. Here is an article stating the fines for breaking the law for endangered animals.
http://www.gc.noaa.gov/documents/gces/6-ESA/esa_1208.pdf
Citing my sources:
http://m.humanesociety.org/issues/wildlife_overpopulation/#.UswioH-9KSM
http://wamu.org/news/11/05/23/deer_overpopulation_yields_disastrous_results_for_forests.php
Pictures:
http://www.swf-wc.usace.army.mil/georgetown/deermgt.asp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sathishcj/94566801/
No comments:
Post a Comment