Cargando…

Characterizing trends in human-wildlife conflicts in the American Midwest using wildlife rehabilitation records

Human-wildlife conflict is difficult to measure, but the analysis of records from wildlife rehabilitation facilities has shown potential as a technique for characterizing human impacts on wildlife. To examine the value of wildlife rehabilitation records for characterizing local human-wildlife confli...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Long, Rachel B., Krumlauf, Kristi, Young, Anna M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32915855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238805
_version_ 1783581213858988032
author Long, Rachel B.
Krumlauf, Kristi
Young, Anna M.
author_facet Long, Rachel B.
Krumlauf, Kristi
Young, Anna M.
author_sort Long, Rachel B.
collection PubMed
description Human-wildlife conflict is difficult to measure, but the analysis of records from wildlife rehabilitation facilities has shown potential as a technique for characterizing human impacts on wildlife. To examine the value of wildlife rehabilitation records for characterizing local human-wildlife conflicts and prevalence of select wildlife diseases, we reviewed 45,668 records representing over 280 species admitted to a wildlife rehabilitation facility over a 10-year period (2005–2014). We identified the most frequently recorded causes of admission for commonly admitted species, and evaluated how causes of admission may vary across taxa throughout the year. Our analyses support the value of wildlife rehabilitation facility data for characterizing some pressures from human-wildlife conflict and select disease trends for certain taxa, as well as utility for informing topics to emphasize in local conservation education efforts. For example, orphaned neonatal wildlife accounted for the largest proportion of admissions to this facility, and highlights a opportunity for conservation education regarding when wildlife is truly orphaned and requires professional intervention. Additionally, domestic dog attack cases accounted for a proportion of admissions comparable to that of domestic cat attacks, demonstrating a need for the conversation surrounding the impact of domestic pets on local wildlife to expand to include dogs in addition to cats.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7485781
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher Public Library of Science
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-74857812020-09-21 Characterizing trends in human-wildlife conflicts in the American Midwest using wildlife rehabilitation records Long, Rachel B. Krumlauf, Kristi Young, Anna M. PLoS One Research Article Human-wildlife conflict is difficult to measure, but the analysis of records from wildlife rehabilitation facilities has shown potential as a technique for characterizing human impacts on wildlife. To examine the value of wildlife rehabilitation records for characterizing local human-wildlife conflicts and prevalence of select wildlife diseases, we reviewed 45,668 records representing over 280 species admitted to a wildlife rehabilitation facility over a 10-year period (2005–2014). We identified the most frequently recorded causes of admission for commonly admitted species, and evaluated how causes of admission may vary across taxa throughout the year. Our analyses support the value of wildlife rehabilitation facility data for characterizing some pressures from human-wildlife conflict and select disease trends for certain taxa, as well as utility for informing topics to emphasize in local conservation education efforts. For example, orphaned neonatal wildlife accounted for the largest proportion of admissions to this facility, and highlights a opportunity for conservation education regarding when wildlife is truly orphaned and requires professional intervention. Additionally, domestic dog attack cases accounted for a proportion of admissions comparable to that of domestic cat attacks, demonstrating a need for the conversation surrounding the impact of domestic pets on local wildlife to expand to include dogs in addition to cats. Public Library of Science 2020-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7485781/ /pubmed/32915855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238805 Text en © 2020 Long et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Long, Rachel B.
Krumlauf, Kristi
Young, Anna M.
Characterizing trends in human-wildlife conflicts in the American Midwest using wildlife rehabilitation records
title Characterizing trends in human-wildlife conflicts in the American Midwest using wildlife rehabilitation records
title_full Characterizing trends in human-wildlife conflicts in the American Midwest using wildlife rehabilitation records
title_fullStr Characterizing trends in human-wildlife conflicts in the American Midwest using wildlife rehabilitation records
title_full_unstemmed Characterizing trends in human-wildlife conflicts in the American Midwest using wildlife rehabilitation records
title_short Characterizing trends in human-wildlife conflicts in the American Midwest using wildlife rehabilitation records
title_sort characterizing trends in human-wildlife conflicts in the american midwest using wildlife rehabilitation records
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32915855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238805
work_keys_str_mv AT longrachelb characterizingtrendsinhumanwildlifeconflictsintheamericanmidwestusingwildliferehabilitationrecords
AT krumlaufkristi characterizingtrendsinhumanwildlifeconflictsintheamericanmidwestusingwildliferehabilitationrecords
AT youngannam characterizingtrendsinhumanwildlifeconflictsintheamericanmidwestusingwildliferehabilitationrecords