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Hunters role in wildlife disease surveillance: A perspective from
FACETom Van de Maele
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What role?
• Hunters are the eyes and ears of the countryside
• Understanding of wildlife management and local population structures
• Often the first to find evidence of animal health issues in the wild:• Avian flu• Rabbits• ASF in Wild boar
• Research: Easily provide samples of carcasses
• Assist in managing diseases.
• Biosecurity awareness: Essential for containing ASF.
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FACE work on ASF
• Technical knowledge base• Management
• Biosecurity
• Monitoring
• Communication • With members
• Public
• Best practices
• Engagement in policy discussions
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What’s needed now for ASF?
• EFSA rec. 2017: “Drastic depopulation, targeted hunting of female wild boar and carcass removal implemented as only measure to control ASF in the WB population need to be implemented in a highly effective manner (at or beyond the limit of reported effectivity in wild boar management) to sustainably halt the spread of ASF” (New EFSA report: Epidemiological analyses of African swine fever in the Baltic States and Poland (Update September 2016–September 2017)
• ….4 years after first case of ASF in EU.
• The suggested tools can appear to be empty sentences about increasing of biosecurity, reducing numbers of wild boar, etc…
• But we need clarity on the direct action what the managers/hunters should do:• For example: how to find carcasses? • Which method use for reducing WB population? • Some “emergency plan“ for first case in the region? (CZ example?)
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FACE Recommendations
• Improving our knowledge base - new science, surveys, policy developments
• Development of Wild Boar management "recommendations" document:• Types of management methods, at what times, etc.
• Communication:• Lack of awareness (we and some of our members raise this systematically)
• Development of article(s) for European hunting magazines / with ugly pictures
• Examples of leaflets/info on best practice
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Avian Flu: Role on wild birds is spreading the disease is poorly understoodINDIRECT – as a result of spread of H5N1 being blamed on wild
birds despite lack of evidence.
• The specific role of wild birds particularly in the long-distance transmission of the virus remains unclear!
• Measures taken against wild birds and their habitats in misguided attempts at controlling the virus
• Affects on public perception
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Negative Consequences of misperception of risk
• We don’t want:• Misguided culling & disturbance
• Habitat destruction
• Nests destroyed
• Research suspended/stopped
• Fewer ringing recoveries
• Reduced garden bird feeding
• Release of game birds
• Drain on resources of conservation organisations
• Hunting restrictions
Correct information is needed.