Experimental use of dog-training shock collars to deter depredation by gray wolves
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Schultz R.N., Jonas K.W., Skuldt L.H. & Wydeven A.P. (2005) Experimental use of dog-training shock collars to deter depredation by gray wolves. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 33, 142-148.
Published source details Schultz R.N., Jonas K.W., Skuldt L.H. & Wydeven A.P. (2005) Experimental use of dog-training shock collars to deter depredation by gray wolves. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 33, 142-148.
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This study is summarised as evidence for the following.
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Deter predation of livestock by using shock/electronic dog-training collars to reduce human-wildlife conflict
A replicated study in 1998–2001 on a cattle farm in Wisconsin, USA (Schultz et al. 2005) found that electric shock collars deterred gray wolves Canis lupis from predating livestock. In the first year, one calf was killed (possibly by non-collared wolves) after the alpha-female wolf was fitted with a shock collar, compared to nine killed earlier that year. Two were killed over the following two years (by non-collared wolves). A second wolf, collared in the fourth study year and thought to be the new alpha female of the pack, appeared to stay off the farm while the collar were operational. Other pack members continued predating calves, and the pack was subsequently translocated. A female wolf was fitted with an electric shock-collar on 14 May 1998. This activated when she was ≤300 m from cattle pasture. A replacement collar, operating from 26 April to 15 August 1999, beeped and shocked when she came within 0.4 km. In 2000, the collar operated from 26 April–August with beeping only (no shock). The second female wolf’s shock-collar operated from 31 May to 13 August 2001.
(Summarised by: Nick Littlewood)
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