La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Practicality and humaneness of euthanasia of pest birds with compressed carbon dioxide (CO(2)) and carbon monoxide (CO) from petrol engine exhaust
Auteurs :	Christopher R. Tidemann, Auteur ; Daryl H. King, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Wildlife Research (36(6) 2009)
Article en page(s) :	522-527
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Feral birds degrade the environment and have an adverse impact on human health, welfare and economy in many parts of the world. In eastern Australia, common myna (Acridotheres tristis), common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and house sparrow (Passer domesticus) have recently become targets of community groups seeking to control impacts by selective live-trapping. We sought a safe and practical euthanasia method that could be recommended to such groups for humanely destroying trapped birds. We compared the practicality and humaneness of the following two commonly available inhalant euthanasia agents: (1) carbon dioxide (CO(2)) from cylinders and (2) carbon monoxide (CO) from cooled exhaust from idling petrol engines. Test birds were euthanased in conditions that promoted calm (small groups of birds; small covered chambers with perches). Video recordings were analysed in real time and at 1/10 speed for signs of distress, and times to recumbency and last movement. In all, 25 mynas and 24 starlings were euthanased with CO(2), and 32 mynas,

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