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Location
Gulf Shores, Alabama
Start Date
18-10-1987 12:00 AM
Description
Pigeons (Columba livia) are a problem for municipal governments throughout most of the eastern United States. Toxicants, sterilants, trapping, and shooting are the principal control techniques. Due to a general public aversion to toxicants and to monetary constraints, a pigeon control program which utilized periodic hunting pressure was initiated in Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Arkansas. Guidelines for organization of controlled hunts are presented along with pigeon harvest rates and population trends. The city government and interested citizens consider the program to be successful and cost effective.
Recommended Citation
Hoy, M. D., & Bivings, A. E. (1987). An evaluation of controlled hunting for management of feral pigeons. In Holler, N. R. (Ed.), The Third Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference (pp. 234-236). Gulf Shores, AL: Auburn University.
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An Evaluation of Controlled Hunting for Management of Feral Pigeons
Gulf Shores, Alabama
Pigeons (Columba livia) are a problem for municipal governments throughout most of the eastern United States. Toxicants, sterilants, trapping, and shooting are the principal control techniques. Due to a general public aversion to toxicants and to monetary constraints, a pigeon control program which utilized periodic hunting pressure was initiated in Stuttgart, Arkansas County, Arkansas. Guidelines for organization of controlled hunts are presented along with pigeon harvest rates and population trends. The city government and interested citizens consider the program to be successful and cost effective.