Matrix showing the relative humaneness of feral pig control methods.
The ‘humaneness’ of a pest animal control method refers to the overall welfare impact that the method has on an individual animal. A relatively more humane method will have less impact than a relatively less humane method.
A model for assessing the relative humaneness of pest animal control methods (Sharp and Saunders, 2008) has been developed under the Australian Animal Welfare Strategy (AAWS). This model has been used to assess the humaneness of a variety of methods used to control pest animal species in Australia.
Links:
- Ground shooting of feral pigs: worksheet
- Aerial shooting of feral pigs: worksheet
- Trapping of feral pigs: worksheet
- Baiting of feral pigs with 1080: worksheet
- Baiting of feral pigs with sodium nitrite: worksheet
- Baiting of feral pigs with PIGOUT: worksheet
- Baiting of feral pigs with warfarin: worksheet
- Baiting of feral pigs with CSSP: worksheet
