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Desperate to Rid Catalina of Invasive Deer, Officials Propose Bold Helicopter Hunt
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Desperate to Rid Catalina of Invasive Deer, Officials Propose Bold Helicopter Hunt

It’s hard to name a single wildlife “management” practice pursued by the big conservation bureaucracies that does not involve the wholesale killing out of entire wildlife populations. Their glaring management failures are blamed on climate change and ‘invasive’ species, in this case mule deer and bison!   The definition of
14 Nov 2023 6 min read
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Bio-Diversity

Understanding the Effectiveness of Aerial Wildlife Surveys

This article makes very good points about the limitations of aerial surveys of wild animal populations.   An unmentioned limiting factor in aerial survey accuracy is that helicopters are routinely used to kill ‘exotic’ animals and predators – often while counting game. This terrifies wildlife. Years of doing this – as in the
01 Nov 2018 5 min read
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