Reduction of predation by fox (vulpes vulpes). Part A: direct techniques
The fox causes decline in populations of threatened species and economic losses in hunting and livestock sectors. The direct techniques of predation reduction are the killing and the reduction of fox fertility. The more efficient direct techniques are the use of baits with poison, the shooting and trapping.
¹Hunting Federation of Macedonia & Thrace, Ethnikis Antistasis 173-175, 551 34 Kalamaria – Thessaloniki, Hellas, e-mail: sokos@hunters.gr ²Department of Forestry & Environmental Management, TEI of Larissa, Mavromihalis Street End, 43100 Karditsa, Hellas
Keywords:Red fox, mammals, hunting species management, animal damage control
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Book:RANGE SCIENCE AND PROTECTED AREAS - Proceedings of the 6th Panhellenic Rangeland Congress in Leonidio Arcadia Peloponnesus, 2-4 October 2008 (Edited by: Konstantinos Th. Mantzanas, Vasillios P. Papanastasis)
