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Biases in the Detection of Intentionally Poisoned Animals: Public Health and Conservation Implications from a Field Experiment

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18031201

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human-wildlife conflict; predator control; public health; vultures; wildlife conservation; wildlife poisoning

资金

  1. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) [BES-2016-077351]
  2. European Social Found (ESF)
  3. Ramon y Cajal research contract from MINECO [RYC-2015-19231]
  4. Juan de la Cierva research contract from MINECO [IJC2019-038968-I]
  5. Generalitat Valenciana
  6. ESF [SEJI/2018/024, APOSTD/2019/016]
  7. MINECO
  8. European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) [CGL2015-66966C2-1-2-R, CGL2017-89905-R, RTI2018-099609-B-C21-C22]

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Intentional poisoning is a global wildlife issue and a public health risk that is often overlooked. Current monitoring programs in Spain show biases in the representation of species, with certain groups overrepresented and others underrepresented. Factors such as weight, aerial abilities, and cryptic nature influence the likelihood of a species being overrepresented in the poisoning database.
Intentional poisoning is a global wildlife problem and an overlooked risk factor for public health. Managing poisoning requires unbiased and high-quality data through wildlife monitoring protocols, which are largely lacking. We herein evaluated the biases associated with current monitoring programmes of wildlife poisoning in Spain. We compared the national poisoning database for the 1990-2015 period with information obtained from a field experiment during which we used camera-traps to detect the species that consumed non-poisoned baits. Our findings suggest that the detection rate of poisoned animals is species-dependent: Several animal groups (e.g., domestic mammalian carnivores and vultures) tended to be over-represented in the poisoning national database, while others (e.g., corvids and small mammals) were underrepresented. As revealed by the GLMM analyses, the probability of a given species being overrepresented was higher for heaviest, aerial, and cryptic species. In conclusion, we found that monitoring poisoned fauna based on heterogeneous sources may produce important biases in detection rates; thus, such information should be used with caution by managers and policy-makers. Our findings may guide to future search efforts aimed to reach a more comprehensive understanding of the intentional wildlife poisoning problem.

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