Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

June 6, 2019

Wildlife Control, Predator Management, National, Featured Article, Conservation, Science & Biology, Suburbanization, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Hunting, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping

Staten Island's deer: Another modern wildlife management Petri dish

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

June 6, 2019

Wildlife Control, Predator Management, National, Featured Article, Conservation, Science & Biology, Suburbanization, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Hunting, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping

To date, Staten Island has invested $4.1 million into their sterilization project, according to reports released Friday. The city hired wildlife contractors White Buffalo to carry out the project in 2016. It would be the world’s first attempt to curb deer by sterilizing only males, according to media reports. The borough’s herd reached approximately 2,053 individuals in 2017 which amounted to an 8,454% increase in less than a decade.

Editorial

May 27, 2019

Conservation, Wildlife Management, Discussion, Public Relations, Hunting, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Hunting & Trapping, Legislation, Hunting Culture

Of Elephants and Men: Botswana’s response to lifting of hunting ban

Editorial

May 27, 2019

Conservation, Wildlife Management, Discussion, Public Relations, Hunting, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Hunting & Trapping, Legislation, Hunting Culture

While the rise in elephant populations across Botswana should be prized as the epitome of a conservation success story, the country finds itself being criticized by the same ideology plaguing wildlife management efforts in North America.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 20, 2019

Discussion, General Trapping, National, New England, New Hampshire, North America, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping

Beaver breeding season is no spring picnic!

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 20, 2019

Discussion, General Trapping, National, New England, New Hampshire, North America, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping

As Spring brings “new beginnings” for the beavers, it also inevitably brings new beginnings for mankind - in the form of heightened complaint calls for roaming beavers who’ve now inconveniently “set up shop” in the wrong parts of civilization.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 16, 2019

Conservation, Discussion, National, Public Relations, Suburbanization, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, North America, New Hampshire, A World Without Trapping

Chicago's raccoon distemper woes (We built the cities... Part Deux)

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 16, 2019

Conservation, Discussion, National, Public Relations, Suburbanization, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, North America, New Hampshire, A World Without Trapping

City officials in the Riverside neighborhood of Chicago have announced warnings of distemper outbreak in the area’s raccoon population - and the hazards posed to residents, as well as non-vaccinated pets.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 13, 2019

National, North America, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Suburbanization, A World Without Trapping

We built the cities, but we don't necessarily rule them.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

May 13, 2019

National, North America, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Suburbanization, A World Without Trapping

I’ve always been personally fascinated with the adaptability of fur bearers such as skunks and raccoons. In the aftermath of the raccoon’s “great migration” to man’s urban meccas, it’s almost hard to believe they ever inhabited the wildernesses of rural America at all - man was once a rural beast as well.