Wild boar behaviour during live-trap capture in a corral-style trap: implications for animal welfare.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wildlife traps are used in many countries without evaluation of their effect on animal welfare. Trap-capture of wild animals should minimise negative effects on animal welfare, irrespective of whether the animals are trapped for hunting, research, or management purposes. Live-trap capture of wild boar (Sus scrofa) followed by killing inside the trap by gunshot is a recently introduced but disputed hunting method in Sweden. Approval of trap constructions is based on gross necropsy findings of 20 trapped and shot wild boars. For improved animal welfare evaluation, our aim was to study wild boar behaviour during live-trapping in a 16 m² square corral-style trap. Behavioural assessments were conducted after filming 12 capture events of in total 38 wild boars (five

SUBMITTER: Fahlman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7654165 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature