Category: 2018 – Volume 7 – Issue 1
Carnivore Conservation Section - Original Research
A Meta-analysis of Animal Survival Following Translocation: Comparisons Between Conflict and Conservation Efforts
Blake STUPARYK, Collin J. HORN, Sofia KARABATSOS, and Josue ARTEAGA TORRES
CWBM 7 (1): 3–17
Wildlife management balances conservation goals with meeting societal objectives. It incorporates scientific disciplines such as ecology, animal behaviour, geography, and sociology to determine management practices and make policy recommendations.
Read MoreShould Grizzly Bears be Hunted or Protected? Social and Organizational Affiliations Influence Scientific Judgments
Gabriel R. KARNS, Alexander HEEREN, Eric L. TOMAN, Robyn S. WILSON, Harmony K. SZAREK, and Jeremy T. BRUSKOTTER
CWBM 7 (1): 18–30
Accelerating threats to biodiversity increases the number of species requiring listing status judgments under the United States Endangered Species Act.
Read MoreIs Livestock an Important Food Resource for Coyotes and Wolves in Central Eastern Alberta Counties with Predator Control Bounties?
Gilbert PROULX and Sadie PARR
CWBM 7 (1): 31–45
Although bounties are known to be an ineffective management practice to address human-carnivore conflicts, they are maintained by some Alberta rural municipalities (counties) to ostensibly reduce livestock predation by coyotes (Canis latrans) and wolves (Canis lupus).
Read MoreUse of Non-invasive Genetics to Generate Core-Area Population Estimates of a Threatened Predator in the Superior National Forest, USA
Shannon BARBER-MEYER, Daniel RYAN, David GROSSHUESCH, Timothy CATTON, Sarah MALICK-WAHLS
CWBM 7 (1): 46–55
Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) are found in boreal forests of Canada and Alaska and range southward into the contiguous United States.
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Carnivore Conservation Section - Point to Ponder
Concerns About Mammal Predator Killing Programs: Scientific Evidence and Due Diligence
Gilbert PROULX
CWBM 7 (1): 56–66
The implementation of mammal predator killing programs is highly controversial and deserves discussion within the scientific community.
Read MoreWildlife Section - Original Research
A Comparison of First-Year Growth in Wild and Captive Muskox Calves
Jan ADAMCZEWSKI, Peter FLOOD, Anne GUNN, Bernard LAARVELD, and Susan TEDESCO
CWBM 7 (1): 67–89
We measured seasonal changes in body composition, including fatness and fill in the digestive tract, in 79 muskox (Ovibos moschatus) calves shot by Inuit hunters in April, May, July, August, September and November, 1989-1993, on Victoria Island in northern Canada.
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