Culling deer around the road by firearms as a deer management option : A trial on national route with roadblock
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- Hino Takafumi
- Laboratory of Wildlife Management, Rakuno Gakuen University
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- Terao Yoshiya
- Laboratory of Wildlife Management, Rakuno Gakuen University
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- Suzuki Masatsugu
- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University
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- Kondo Seiji
- Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University
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- Yoshida Tsuyoshi
- Laboratory of Wildlife Management, Rakuno Gakuen University
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- シカ管理手法としての道路での銃器を用いた捕獲 : 国道の一時封鎖を伴う捕獲の試行
- シカ カンリ シュホウ ト シテ ノ ドウロ デ ノ ジュウキ オ モチイタ ホカク : コクドウ ノ イチジ フウサ オ トモナウ ホカク ノ シコウ
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Abstract
Although roadside forests are frequently used as refuge areas for deer, social and legal regulations make it difficult to manage deer populations around roads. The lakeshore forest of Shikotsu, adjacent to National Route 453, has been severely impacted by high deer density. To develop deer management options such roadside forests, sharpshooting with a vehicle was implemented by temporally blocking the National Route 453. This first trial on a Japanese national route was implemented on a 6.4km stretch of the road from 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. on 25th and 27th February 2014, with the consent of local residents and in collaboration with the relevant ministries, agencies, and local governments. Twelve deer were culled without any difficulty, and this was as effective as the previous similar culling conducted in the Shiretoko Peninsula. Our findings suggest that as long as societal demand, scientific evidence, and strict safety control are present, sharpshooting from a vehicle at a roadblock is an effective method for controlling deer populations. Under the special circumstances of the roadblock, this option offers maximum efficiency for the management of high-deer-density areas, in particular, areas protected by current social and legal regulations.
Journal
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- Wildlife and Human Society
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Wildlife and Human Society 2 (2), 23-35, 2015
Association of Wildlife and Human Society
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001205838269568
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- NII Article ID
- 110009976311
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- NII Book ID
- AA12670221
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- ISSN
- 24242365
- 24240877
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- NDL BIB ID
- 026721699
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
- CiNii Articles
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed