Foot snares: An effective method for capturing African lions

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 309-314

  Frank, Laurence ^a   Simpson, Dairen ^b   Woodroffe, Rosie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture; Crocuta crocuta; Hyaena hyaena; Hyena; Leopard; Lion; Panthera leo; Panthera pardus; Snare

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; FELID;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; FELIDAE; HYAENA HYAENA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 0038814747     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (12)

1. DE WET, T. 1993. Physical capture of carnivores. Pages 255-262 in The Capture and Care Manual. Wildlife Decision Support Services and South African Veterinary Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa.
2. FRANK, L. G. 1998. Living With Lions: Carnivore Conservation and Livestock in Laikipia District, Kenya. Report published by Development Alternatives International for United States Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C., USA.
3. GOODRICH, J. M., L. L. KERLEY, B. O. SCHLEYER, D. G. MIQUELLE, K. S. QUIGLEY, T. N. SMIRNOV, N. YEVGENY, I. G. NIKOLAEV, H. B. QUIGLEY, M. G. HORNOCKER. 2001. Capture and chemical anesthesia of Amur (Siberian) tigers. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:533-542.
4. LOGAN, K. A., L. L. SWEANOR, J. F. SMITH, AND M. G. HORNOCKER. 1999. Capturing pumas with foot-hold snares. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:201-208.
5. MILLS, M. G. L. 1996. Methodological advances in capture, census, and food habits studies of large African carnivores. Pages 223-242 in J. L. Gittleman, editor. Carnivore Behavior, Ecology and Evolution Volume II. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York, USA.
6. MOWAT, G. B., G. SLOUGH, AND R. RIVARD. 1994. A comparison of three live capturing devices for lynx: capture efficiency and injuries. Wildlife Society Bulletin 22:644-650.
7. PENNYCUICK, C., AND J. RUDNAI. 1970. A method for identifying individual lions (Panthera leo) with an analysis of the reliability of the identification. Journal of Zoology (London) 160:497-50.
8. PROULX, G. 1999. Review of current mammal trapping technology in North America. Pages 1-49 in G. Proulx, editor. Mammal Trapping. Alpha Wildlife Research & Management Ltd., Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada.
9. RABINOWITZ, A. R. 1986. Jaguar Panthera onca predation on domestic livestock in Belize. Wildlife Society Bulletin 14:170-174.
10. SHIVIK, J. A., K. S. GRUVER, T. J. DELIBERTO. 2000. Preliminary evaluation of new cable restraints to capture coyotes. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:606-613.
11. SMUTS, G. L., I. J. WHYTE, AND T. W. DEARLOVE. 1977. A mass capture technique for lions. East African Wildlife Journal 15:81-87.
12. WOODROFFE, R. 2001. Strategies for carnivore conservation: Lessons from contemporary extinctions. Pages 61-92 in J. L. Gittleman, R. K. Wayne, D. W. Macdonald, and S. M. Funk, editors. Carnivore Conservation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.