HWCM - Ministry of Environment and Tourism
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National Workshop on Human Wildlife Conflict Management 2005<br />
3. Alternatives mitigation measures <strong>and</strong> options<br />
(Facilitators: Dr Flip St<strong>and</strong>er <strong>and</strong> Anton Esterhuizen)<br />
Issue Approach/ strategy Negative<br />
aspects<br />
Key points • Preventative vs. reactionary<br />
measures;<br />
• Changing <strong>of</strong> attitudes, moving from<br />
aggressive stance;<br />
• Combination <strong>of</strong> measures is critical:<br />
integration <strong>of</strong> approaches is only<br />
way;<br />
• Preventative vs. reactionary<br />
measures.<br />
Additional<br />
points<br />
• Applied livestock management –<br />
key to mitigation measures<br />
• Gin traps<br />
non-specific; welfare<br />
negatives (cruel).<br />
Positive<br />
aspects<br />
If used properly,<br />
with right skills,<br />
can be only way to<br />
target specific<br />
secretive species.<br />
• Poison<br />
• Trapping<br />
All poisons are bad.<br />
Seen as<br />
conservation, but<br />
animal is functionally<br />
‘dead’ to the system;<br />
can potential transfer<br />
problem to another<br />
area.<br />
No positive<br />
aspects.<br />
Very specific;<br />
does relieve<br />
problem in field;<br />
can bring finances<br />
into system.<br />
Population<br />
Control<br />
• 3 levels to consider with LETHAL<br />
CONTROL<br />
• Reactionary – targeting specific<br />
animals responsible for specific<br />
damage;<br />
• Group disturbance /dispersal;<br />
• Culling / reduction in numbers<br />
By simply discussing lethal control or<br />
population management, is to mix<br />
effective with less effective<br />
techniques.<br />
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