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Title

MYTHOLOGY OF VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL

Authors

William D. Fitzwater, National Animal Damage Control Association

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1990

Controlling vertebrate species obnoxious or even dangerous to them has been a concern of the human species through the evolutionary process. Early measures were often based on religious, superstitious, and biologic fantasies. While modern control measures are better biologically founded, there still remains an aura of mythology around many accepted by the public today. Examples are given of some of them: toxicants, electromagnetics, ultrasonics, and repellents for deer, moles, and raccoons.