Philadelphia, PA: American Society of Mammologists’ (ASM) annual conference

Camilla Fox- guest speaker at the American Society of Mammologists’ (ASM) annual conference, June 14-18 in Philadelphia, PA.The ASM Conservation Committee is sponsoring a special thematic session on Mammalian Predator Control, with 4 talks followed by a 30-min discussion period. Camilla Fox of Project Coyote and the Animal Welfare Institute will discuss some of the problems with traditional predator management and the need for the integration of science, ethics and community-based adaptive management strategies to help resolve human-carnivore conflicts. Stewart Breck of USDA-APHIS National Wildlife Research Center, will present 11 years of research results on non-lethal methods of reducing human-carnivore conflict. Marco Musiani, of University of Calgary, will discuss the importance of social, economic, and ethical evaluations—as well as ecological evaluations—of lethal wolf control in areas with both domestic and wild ungulate prey. Jeremy Bruskotter, of Ohio State University, will examine psychological, social, and institutional factors that perpetuate the Western wolf conflict, with pro- and anti-wolf groups having widely divergent views about the risks and benefits of wild wolf populations. Presenters: Bradley Bergstrom, Camilla Fox, Steward Breck, Marco Musiani, Jeremy Bruskotter.