Commentary: Wildlife management professionals need to redefine the terms: lethal control, nonlethal control, and live trap

I argue that the terms lethal control, nonlethal control, and live trap are no longer sufficiently precise for continued use in the scientific community. Their continued use confuses the public and allows animal protectionists to use them as cudgels in political discourse. Alternative terms are reco...

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Published in:Human-wildlife interactions 2017-02, Vol.6 (2)
Main Author: Stephen M. Vantassel
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