Objectives and topics

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE SYMPOSIUM ARE TO:

• Understand how capture techniques have evolved in recent decades by review and evaluation of capture methods developed in different areas of the world;
• Review recent developments of wildlife capture techniques that improve conservation and management practices relative to the evolving human-wildlife interface;
• Provide information on innovative tools and technology of field anesthesia and clinical monitoring;
• Discuss adapting mechanical and chemical immobilization practices that consider animal behavior, physiology, and welfare;
• Identify knowledge gaps, research needs, and new opportunities to develop and effectively link best practices with wildlife conservation, management of the human-wildlife interface, conservation medicine, and eco-health surveillance - all within a “One Health” vision.
  
  The program includes keynote presentations, invited speeches, oral presentations and posters.

THE AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO)

THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:

Physical capture and handling of wildlife
Chemical immobilization protocols and practices
Integrated chemical and physical restraint
Innovative field anesthesia and clinical monitoring
Field emergencies and complications
Wildlife capture and animal welfare
International Humane Trapping Standards, welfare, and performance (i.e., efficiency and selectivity)
Wildlife capture as a tool for animal health surveillance and disease control
Capture as aversive conditioning for wildlife in human-dominated landscapes