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... contributes to its declining numbers, making Sydney Basin an ecological trap for this species. Key words: Flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus, shooting, orchard, humane killing, animal welfare 6992011 AustralianZoologist volume 35 (3) Deaths and injuries to Grey-headed Flying-foxes nectarines and peaches...

... and financial cost in their efforts to rescue, rehabilitate and release many orphaned young macropods (Englefield et al. 2018). Injuries to the vehicle occupants are likely underreported, but are apparently increasing (Ang et al. 2019). Human injuries are generally only minor (Abu-Zidan et al. 2002), although...

... of vehicle collision with mammals, including the invasive rusa deer (Ramp et al. 2006). Being larger than most urban wildlife species, vehicle collisions with deer are more likely to result in vehicle damage and human injuries or death (Bissonette et al. 2008; Burgin et al. 2015). Despite evidence of urban...

...) 451December 2006 AustralianZoologist volume 33 (4) stinging invertebrates, aesthetically unattractive species, and animals associated with human injury, disease and property damage (p102). Penguins clearly fall into Kellert s category of most preferred because of their aesthetic appeal. They are popularly...

... the best tool to do this. Charley photographs and records koalas within 10 kilometres of Nebo and along the nearby Peak Downs Highway. There are many koala road-kills and injuries along this highway which links Mackay to the coal mines in the Bowen Basin. Charley does her sightings mainly along road...

..., survival, injury, breeding season, population viability. Published: 2 September 2021 DOI: httpsdoi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.030 Introduction In 2009, the City of Ballarat formally introduced koala overlays into the planning scheme with the aim of protecting koala habitat within the municipality that had been...

... and conservation issues, such as habitat destruction and food shortages, anthropogenic injuries and extreme heat events. While there have been several independent efforts to conserve flying-fox habitat leading up to the recent commencement of a state-wide funding program for flying-fox habitat restoration...

.... Overall, it appeared that essential dietary components were readily available, housing was simple, quolls were rarely demanding on time, mostly healthy and rarely stressed. Specialist attention (e.g., veterinary) was only required occasionally and no adverse human health effects were observed. Responses...

...; Merker 2007; Tye 2000; Crook, Hanlon and Walter 2013; Mather 2008; Klein and Barron 2016), have beliefs and desires (Tye 2000; Carruthers 2005), and that the humane treatment principle ought to be extended to invertebrates (Cooper 2011; Crook 2013; see also Fischer 2016), little attention has been paid...

... factors that may influence the animal welfare outcomes of killing by captive bolt and make recommendations for future investigation. animal welfare euthanasia humane killing captive bolt wildlife 170 2019 Theme Edition: Killing for Conservation Introduction The killing of wildlife People may...

... dogs are prohibited and daily enforcement patrols are made by national park field staff. Furthermore, a systematic camera-trap grid was also simultaneously in operation at the site and no domestic dogs were detected within the park. Finally, the location of the injuries on the Red Fox carcass were also...

... time has greatly improved the value of the database as a conservation monitoring tool. Key words: marine mammal, cetacean mortality, event, stranding, entanglement, injury, human impact DOI: httpdx.doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2015.015 Cetacean incidents in New South Wales 2015 493 Australian Zoologist volume 37...

... of Johnstone's crocodiles Int. Zoo Yearb 21 82 3 Evans, P. and Wilkinson, P. 1997. Black caiman attack. CSG Newsletter, 16(3):5-6. Black caiman attack CSG Newsletter 16 5 6 Fergusson, R. 2004. Report of the human-crocodile conflict workshop. Crocodiles: Proceedings of the 17th Working...

..., provide rehabilitation services. Although the ultimate also has responsibility for native animals that are held in goal for wildlife rehabilitation is that animals return to human care, either permanently, such as those kept for the wild (Saran et al. 2011; Griffith and Higgins 2012), research or as pets...

...Carolynn L. Smith ABSTRACT Humans began the transformation of wild jungle fowl into modern day chickens over 8,000 years ago. Over the past 70 years, chickens have become an increasingly important economic and dietary stable throughout the world. There are now over 20 billion chickens on farms...

... in sharks and seals for extended periods. This demonstrates the utility of this novel technique to improve human safety and enhance ecological research. * Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] © 2020 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2020 2020 407 Theme edition...

..., deliberate and unintentional feeding of dingoes, continuing food security issues, and recreational activities (such as fishing) ensure ongoing human-dingo interactions. These interactions increase the risk of attacks and injuries to both humans (threatening behaviour or bites) and dingoes (car strikes...

... of the palate; and immediately afterward the whole is conveyed into the stomach, and along with it a quantity of sand. The stomach therefore is sufficiently large to contain the food, and the extraneous matter connected with it; and it is defended from injury by its cuticular lining. In the paradoxus, the food...