Human-Wildlife Conflict

Towns and cities in Alberta are growing rapidly, and many urban areas are expanding to the closest wildlife habitat.

There are many advantages to keeping wildlife in this city. By having pests eat, many wild animals become human good neighbors. Carnivores such as coyotes, hawks and foxes prey on many rodents like mice. Bats and skunks depend heavily on insects

Wildlife will provide urban residents with an opportunity to visit the urban green areas to enhance the biodiversity and enrich the gratitude for Alberta's wildlife.

Many animals such as coyotes, foxes and magpies have been adapted easily to urban life. It is impossible to permanently remove these species from urban areas. Deleting these animals leaves enough room to fill other animals.

Please do not feed wild wild animals that feed on human and human use places. In addition to preventing wildlife from obtaining nutrition from natural foods, we can not teach wildlife to tie people with food. This may lead to problems that may lead to human injury and destruction of wildlife, and even to dangerous situations.

Keep away from wildlife As someone enters their territory, pressure on wildlife may be exerted. Over time, wildlife may get used to people and increase the negative risks faced by humans and wildlife. Always respect the 'personal space' of wildlife to help them stay in the wild. Also note that bats, skunks, and foxes are vectors of rabies, and if you see strange behavior, beware that even if your will helps you should avoid it.

Let your dog take the belt. Even well-trained dogs can not fight instinctive barking or chasing. This puts pressure on wildlife and causes them to enter traffic or cause other dangerous conditions such as defensive attacks.

Let your cats stay indoors. Cats that allow roaming tend to prey on coyotes and foxes. Although coyotes and foxes are easy to feed in the neighborhood, returning to the same area for future meals may cause new problems in the community. Keeping the cat in the room also helps to protect local songbirds that are common in cities.

Put the trash in a safe container with a lid. Please make sure your box is in good condition. Household garbage attracts wildlife as a source of snacks

Remove food and evacuation centers and attract wildlife to your property. It will clean up all garbage, pet food, bird species, fallen fruits and fruits in the garden and will serve as a food source for wildlife. Potential evacuation centers such as deck, terrace, space under the separate building must be closed with a durable wire mesh

Please drive carefully. During driving in parks, river valleys, golf courses and other green spaces, we will slow down and reduce the possibility of collision with wildlife

Teach children about wildlife in the city. You should make safe decisions, respect wildlife, throw away garbage in the garbage can, train kids to avoid escape when you see coyotes and foxes, and to protect pets from accommodation and supervision.

Wildlife rehabilitators are also cooperating with the public regardless of whether they are involved in education or not, and the consumption of animals only deals with people who make phone calls to and from the facility. They manage conflicts between humans and wildlife, educate the public about the needs of wildlife, and help promote good protection. Wildlife educators can use the public school system. They design and prepare educational programs for school-aged children and should be satisfied with speaking in public. Depending on the size of the educational institution, educators themselves can offer courses themselves or train additional staff to provide courses. Many states have formal standards that procedures must fulfill; wildlife educators have time to get used to the curriculum to ensure that their curriculum is an integral part of teacher's curriculum It may take. Therefore, educators should have good educational standards, practical knowledge on animal training and educational methods.

The creation of a coexistence workshop at the 5th World Park Conference defined the conflict between humans and wildlife as follows. "When wildlife needs and actions adversely affect human goals, or when human goals adversely affect demand Wild animals that collide with wild animals and wild plants" Wild animals between humans and wild animals The nature of conflict As the population expands to the habitat of wildlife the area of ​​natural wildlife is replaced The overlap of wildlife and human population density increases those interactions and increases the physical conflict The byproduct of human survival brings an unnatural opportunity to wildlife in the form of food and evacuation center, and as a result interference may increase and pose a threat to humans and animals.