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Deer ManagementDeer Population Control
(Non-Lethal)
Ethical and Social Issues
This article is a reprint from the Science and
Conservation Center
The entire subject of wildlife contraception is attended
by a variety of strongly held attitudes both favoring and objecting to
this approach. Public discussions are seldom rational. For example,
despite the obvious limitations to the available technology, some
advocates will make loud and unrealistic claims that wildlife
contraception can one day completely replace hunting. On the other side,
and despite evidence to the contrary, opponents will express fears of
harm from eating treated animals, or will object on the basis of high
cost, or will insist that a problem that took 20 years to develop be
solved in one year. Anyone seriously considering involving themselves or
their community in wildlife contraception should first read Kirkpatrrick
and Turner 1995, 1997a,b. At very least, do not expect unemotional and
dispassionate discussions to occur when this topic is broached (see
Kirklpatrick and Turner 1995,1997a; Kikrpatrick and Points 1997; Porton
2005).
The most serious ethical consideration is when to manage
and why. Should wildlife populations be reduced by any method because
they inconvenience humans? Should seals be treated with a contraceptive
because they are suspected of harming the economy of a fishing village?
Should wolves be treated because they are eating caribou that sport
hunters spend a lot of money to shoot? Should an endangered species be
treated? Who makes the decisions, and on what basis? These are serious
questions involving the ethics of both science and wildlife management
and they must be considered before application of this technology is
applied to our wildlife resources.
For more information, see
http://www.zoomontana.org/conservation_center/
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