Portable Electric Fencing for Bear Deterrence and Conservation
Portable Electric Fencing for Bear Deterrence and Conservation
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用于威慑和保护熊的便携式电子围栏
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2018
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S. Thompson
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Tom S. Smith;B. Hopkins;John Gookin;S. Thompson
虽然熊造成的人类死亡在北美很少见，但只要熊和人类混在一起，人类受伤、财产损失和熊的死亡就会发生。我们在实验室和野外调查了便携式电围栏系统在各种环境条件下对熊的威慑效果。我们的研究结果表明，我们评估的熊威慑系统在99%的情况下有效地保护了人类、他们的食物和财产免受熊的伤害。在这里，我们讨论了使用电围栏的好处，围栏有时失败的原因，并提供了关于我们评估的系统的最有效实施的指导。最后，我们还探讨了这种威慑尚未广泛使用的原因。我们鼓励在熊的栖息地使用电围栏来保护人类、他们的露营装备和食物，并最终促进熊的保护。
Although bear-inflicted (Ursus spp.) human fatalities are rare in North America, human injuries, property damage, and bear mortalities occur wherever bears and humans commingle. We investigated the efficacy of portable electric fencing systems for bear deterrence under a variety of environmental conditions in the lab and field. Our results showed that the bear deterrent systems we evaluated were effective in protecting humans, their food, and property from bears >99% of the time. Herein, we discuss the benefits of using electric fencing, reasons why fences sometimes fail, and provide guidance regarding the most effective implementation of the systems we evaluated. Lastly, we also explore why this deterrent is not yet in widespread use. We encourage the use of electric fencing in bear country for protecting humans, their camping gear and food, and ultimately to promote bear conservation.