Comparison of Injuries to Coyote From 3 Types of Cable Foot-Restraints

Authors

Patrick Darrow, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services
Ramona Skirpstunas, Utah State University, Logan, Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences
S. Wade Carlson, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services
John Shivik, USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services

Date of this Version

2009

Comments

Published in Journal of Wildlife Management 73:1441-1444.

Abstract

We compared injury rates among captured coyotes (Canis latrans) to determine if modifications to cable foot-restraints would decrease resulting injuries. Mean International Standardization Organization’s injury scores of coyotes caught in 3 types of cable foot-restraints were 22.2, 37.9, and 60.4 (F_2,41 = 4.63, P = 0.015) for a chain-loop, standard cable, and sleeved cable, respectively. These results may be important for trappers and researchers to consider when using a cable foot-restraint device to capture wildlife.