Simple Summary “Social license to operate”(SLO) is the process by which a community
grants or withholds permission to an industry to conduct its business. This article describes …

Simple Summary There are various fertility control methods (modalities) currently available
that aim to reduce the abundance of problematic free-ranging mammalian wildlife. Here, we …

Land clearing is a significant environmental issue in Australia and an area of active
legislative reform. Despite evidence of the harm that land clearing causes to individual …

Ethical treatment of wildlife and consideration of animal welfare have become important
themes in conservation, but ethical perspectives on how best to protect wild animals and …

Lead (Pb) is a toxic element banned from fuel, paint and many other products in most
developed countries. Nonetheless, it is still widely used in ammunition, including rifle bullets …

Much progress has been made toward assessing and improving animal welfare in
conservation. However, several glaring knowledge gaps remain where animal‐welfare …

Traditional hunting methods, despite their simple design pose a serious hazard to wild
animals. Keeping in view, the negative impacts of traditional hunting methods including wire …

Recent experiments have demonstrated that carnivores and ungulates in Africa, Asia,
Europe and North America fear the human 'super predator'far more than other predators …

A recent review of the management of hyperabundant macropods in Australia proposed that
expanded professional shooting is likely to lead to better biodiversity and animal welfare …

There is increasing scrutiny of the animal welfare impacts of all animal use activities,
including agriculture, the keeping of companion animals, racing and entertainment, research …