Wildlife damage management

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The Historical Wildlife Damage Management Publications collection contains publications from the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy, Division of Biological Survey, Bureau of Biological Survey, and the Fish and Wildlife Service. The publications include bulletins, circulars, leaflets, reports, policy handbooks and manuals, memoranda, and other publications that highlight the research and activities of each agency.

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Glynn Riley reminisces about his current and past work for Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He speaks of his experiences as a government trapper in predator control and research (primarily coyotes and wolves). Riley talks about his experiences with animals, various Wildlife Services, and wildlife conservationists in Minnesota, Florida, and Texas.

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Weldon Robinson reminisces about his career as a wildlife research biologist working for the U.S. Forest Service, Biological Survey, Denver Wildlife Research Center (DWRC), and USDA's, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services. He discusses his work in wildlife damage control where he worked to control coyotes and rats by using trapping and toxicants. Robinson talks about field research, his work overseas, and his dislike of toxicant research.

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Larry Sanders reminisces about his current and past work for Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He speaks of his experiences as a government trapper in predator control and research (primarily coyotes) and the different methods he used including traps, snares, and dogs.

Abstract Jerald (Shorty) R. Shoemaker reminisces about his past work for Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He talks about his experiences as a wildlife specialist and government trapper in animal damage and predator control (primarily coyotes) and the different methods used including poisons and toxicants such as M-44, strychnine, and compound 1080, aerial gunning, game calling, traps, lures, hazing, snares,...

Abstract Philip A. Taylor reminisces about his past work for Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He talks about his experiences as a wildlife specialist and government trapper in predator control (primarily coyotes and mountain lions) and the different methods used such as compound 1080, M-44 and strychnine, aerial gunning, hunting dogs, traps, snares, game calling, and lures. Taylor remembers his hunting and...