Wildlife Management

Goal of Wildlife Management

• Increase threatened populations.

• Maintain populations at a sustainable level.

• Reduce populations which have reached unsustainable levels.

  • Does not reduce populations of species which do not contribute to the environment.

Vulnerable and Endangered Species

• Vulnerable: Less than 70,000 mature species.

• Endangered: 2,500.

Carrying Capacity

• Maximum population a habitat can support.

Nonlethal Methods

• Reduce reproduction (Fertility control).

• Behavior modification: Repellents, stimuli, fences.

Lethal Methods

• Killing population.

• Pesticides