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Trade-offs between welfare, conservation, utility and economics in wildlife management — a review of conflicts, compromises and regulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

JC Reynolds
JC Reynolds*
Affiliation:
The Game Conservancy Trust, Fordingbridge, Hampshire SP6 IEF, UK
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jreynolds@gct.org.uk
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Abstract

In choosing among alternative wildlife management techniques, trade-offs between animal welfare and conservation, utility or economics are often apparent. This paper reviews the roles of science, scientists, regulators and educators in attempts to overcome this inter-dependence and to make simultaneous progress on all fronts. Illustrations are drawn in particular from trapping and pest population control. Against the real progress that can undoubtedly be made through scientific study, there is a regrettable lack of structure because of poor philosophical and logical coherence within the welfare movement.

Keywords

animal welfareethicspest controlregulationtrapswildlife management
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 13 , Issue S1: Science in the Service of Animal Welfare: Proceedings of the UFAW International Symposium, Edinburgh, 2-4 April 2003 , February 2004 , pp. S133 - S138
Copyright
© 2004 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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