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Developing Population Control Strategies For Wild Boar Management In Canada, Amanda Wong
Developing Population Control Strategies For Wild Boar Management In Canada, Amanda Wong
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DEVELOPING POPULATION CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR WILD BOAR MANAGEMENT IN CANADA
Amanda Wong Advisor: Scott Slocombe
Wilfrid Laurier University 2020
Canada’s landscape faces major threats from the growing wild boar (Sus scrofa) population, whose current presence predominantly threatens the Prairie provinces. Globally it has become apparent that wild boars are robust animals with high reproductive rates and destructive behaviours in both their native and non-native ranges. This paper analyzes wild boar management strategies that have been conducted around the world to identify the most effective tools, and those that were unsuccessful. The wild boars in Canada are hybridized …