Comparative efficacy of some trap for controlling porcupines, wild boars and other vertebrate pests
2007
Hafeez, S. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Forestry, Rangement and Wildlife) | Khan, Z.H. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Forestry, Rangement and Wildlife) | Khan, R.A. | Qadir, I. | Rashid, F.
The present research studies "Comparative efficacy of some trapping techniques to control porcupine, wild boar and other vertebrate pests" was carried out in three rural sites i.e. Chak No. 33/J.B, 126/J.B and 197/J.B. of Faisalabad Division, during 2002. In all the cases, the efficacy of the traps was found to enhance significantly by using different attractants. Selection of attractant was another important decision. Normally the material used to lure the animal was not naturally present in the field as crop e.g. maize grains were used when it was not sown in the field as crop etc. Under present studies, three types of traps namely Panel Trap, Fahad Trap and Loop Trap were tested in the fields. Relative efficiency of each trap was measured in capturing the animals to reduce damage on maize, wheat and sugar cane crops caused by porcupines, wild boars and other vertebrate pests. The Panel trap was found to be the most efficient with trapping r ate of 70.83%. However for porcupine, its design was reshaped and trap floor was built with wire gauze to arrest their escape. New shape of the Panel trap was found to be excellent in restricting escape of the porcupines by burrowing through the trap floor. The Panel trap is little costly whereas Loop trap is the most economical, simple and easy to handle with a relatively efficiency of 53.84%. Efficiency of Fahad traps was 48.57%. Results of present study revealed that the efficacy of Panel trap was found to be the maximum followed by Loop and Fahad trap.
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