Persecution of birds of prey in Flanders : a retrospective study 2011-19
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- An Garmyn (UGent) , Lieze Rouffaer (UGent) , Tom Roggeman (UGent) , Marc Verlinden (UGent) , Katleen Hermans (UGent) , Marleen Cools (UGent) , Mark Van den Meersschaut, Siska Croubels (UGent) and An Martel (UGent)
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- For decades birds of prey have been under the protection of European law, but deliberate or unintentional killing is still a large-scale problem in Europe. In an effort to monitor illegal practices, the Flemish government established several bird of prey hotlines in 2006. Since then, every suspicious death of a bird of prey has been investigated. This retrospective study reviews the necropsy results of every bird of prey submitted for investigation from January 2011 to December 2019, with a focus on illegal practices. In 36.7% (83/226) of all necropsy cases, an illegal cause of death was found, with poisoning being demonstrated in 88% (73/83) of these cases. Cholinesterase inhibitors were the most commonly used toxins, despite being prohibited in Europe. With a prevalence of 82.5% (260/315) of all cases, the Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) was the species most submitted for necropsy.
- Keywords
- Bird of prey, buzzard, illegal practices, intoxication, shooting
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8727804
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- Garmyn, An, et al. “Persecution of Birds of Prey in Flanders : A Retrospective Study 2011-19.” JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, vol. 57, no. 4, 2021, pp. 922–26, doi:10.7589/jwd-d-20-00191.
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- Garmyn, A., Rouffaer, L., Roggeman, T., Verlinden, M., Hermans, K., Cools, M., … Martel, A. (2021). Persecution of birds of prey in Flanders : a retrospective study 2011-19. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, 57(4), 922–926. https://doi.org/10.7589/jwd-d-20-00191
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- Garmyn, An, Lieze Rouffaer, Tom Roggeman, Marc Verlinden, Katleen Hermans, Marleen Cools, Mark Van den Meersschaut, Siska Croubels, and An Martel. 2021. “Persecution of Birds of Prey in Flanders : A Retrospective Study 2011-19.” JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 57 (4): 922–26. https://doi.org/10.7589/jwd-d-20-00191.
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- Garmyn, An, Lieze Rouffaer, Tom Roggeman, Marc Verlinden, Katleen Hermans, Marleen Cools, Mark Van den Meersschaut, Siska Croubels, and An Martel. 2021. “Persecution of Birds of Prey in Flanders : A Retrospective Study 2011-19.” JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES 57 (4): 922–926. doi:10.7589/jwd-d-20-00191.
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- 1.Garmyn A, Rouffaer L, Roggeman T, Verlinden M, Hermans K, Cools M, et al. Persecution of birds of prey in Flanders : a retrospective study 2011-19. JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES. 2021;57(4):922–6.
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- [1]A. Garmyn et al., “Persecution of birds of prey in Flanders : a retrospective study 2011-19,” JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 922–926, 2021.
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author = {{Garmyn, An and Rouffaer, Lieze and Roggeman, Tom and Verlinden, Marc and Hermans, Katleen and Cools, Marleen and Van den Meersschaut, Mark and Croubels, Siska and Martel, An}},
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journal = {{JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES}},
keywords = {{Bird of prey,buzzard,illegal practices,intoxication,shooting}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{4}},
pages = {{922--926}},
title = {{Persecution of birds of prey in Flanders : a retrospective study 2011-19}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.7589/jwd-d-20-00191}},
volume = {{57}},
year = {{2021}},
}
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