Wildlife Damage Management Exam 1 Questions Answered Correctly Latest Update

Wildlife Damage Management Exam 1 Questions Answered Correctly Latest Update What are the 5 principles of WDM? - Answers 1. problem definition 2. Understand Biology/ecology 3. Know management alternatives 4. Knowledge of local, state, & fed laws 5. Recognize social sensitivity Damage prevention & control alternatives - Answers 1. exclusion - phys. barrier 2. cultural methods - hab. mod 3. frightening 4. repellents 5. live trapping 6. immunocontraceptives 7. shooting 8. lethal traps 9. toxicants 10. fumigants 11. integrated pests 12. living with the prob Public wildlife values - Answers 1. aesthetic - attraction 2. dominionistic - mastery/control 3. ecologistic/scientistic - understanding bio 4. humanistic - affection 5. moralistic - concern 6. naturalistic - direct contact 7. symbolic - comm. & thought 8. ultilitarian - use & exploitation 9. negativistic - avoidance 10. anti-scientific - distrust of science Zoonotic disease - Answers transmitted between man and animal Goal of WDM - Answers reduce or eliminate human-wildlife conflicts in a safe, humane & effective manner What hunting enclosure did the pure Eurasian wild boar escape? - Answers Hooper Bald What food habit are feral hogs classified as? - Answers opportunistic omnivores what does the diet of a feral hog consist of? - Answers plant matter, animal matter, fungi, misc. what is the reproduction potential for feral hogs? - Answers - very high reproduction rate - early sexual maturity - large litters - breed year round - multiple litters per year what is a group of feral hogs called? - Answers sounder what are the movement patterns for feral hogs? - Answers - move in relation to supporting resources - disturbances will cause them to move - cover lot of ground in little time what are the negative impacts of feral hogs - Answers - ecological damage - economic losses (ag damage, livestock loss etc.) - disease threats (brucellosis, pseudorabies, trichinosis) what chemical causes lack of oxygen in blood that is used to euthanize feral hogs? - Answers sodium nitrite Psittacosis - Answers acute respiratory tract infection, often with sudden onset of fever, chills, headache, malaise, photophobia, etc. histoplasmosis - Answers respiratory infection caused by fungus that grows well in soil enriched by bat or bird droppings hantavirus - Answers virus associated with urine, feces or saliva of rodents