efficient in any given situati<strong>on</strong>. Research to establish a relati<strong>on</strong>ship between <str<strong>on</strong>g>feral</str<strong>on</strong>g> animal populati<strong>on</strong> densities <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> level <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>impact</str<strong>on</strong>g>s <strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> outcomes is urgently required. This may allow <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> determinati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> optimum level to which <str<strong>on</strong>g>feral</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>animals</str<strong>on</strong>g> are required to be reduced in order to reduce c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>impact</str<strong>on</strong>g>s to acceptable levels. This research will also allow <str<strong>on</strong>g>management</str<strong>on</strong>g> to be carried out in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> most cost-effective manner <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> maximise use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> limited resources available in a strategic way. . 200
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