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Titre :	Traditional capture of Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea in the Lake Chad Basin and its possible role in reducing damage levels in cereals
Auteurs :	W. C. Mullie, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ostrich (71(1-2) MAR 2000)
Article en page(s) :	15-20
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Three traditional methods of capturing Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea practised by different ethnic groups, were studied in the Lake Chad Basin in Chad and Cameroon: capture of birds by triangular hand-held nets by Hadjerai' piegeurs (trappers); with standing fishing nets of the "mist net" type by Gambai; and by cast nets (epervier) by Massa and Mousgoum fishermen. The Hadjerai net was found to be both selective for queleas and highly efficient. As many as 1.2 million birds were captured from 13 June to 21 August 1994 around N'Djamena, Chad, alone, until activities ceased due to heavy rains. Birds were trapped in tree roosts during moonless periods of the night. They were plucked and fried the following morning, subsequently dried in the sun, and eventually transported to the market in N'Djamena to be sold. The piegeurs operated in teams of about 6 men and each team could process about 20 000 birds per day. Once this number had been captured, they withdrew from further trapping. The catches were almost entirely composed of queleas, with sometimes a small percentage (

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