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The Botstiber Institute for Wildlife Fertility Control advances reproductive management as part of an integrated approach to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts and promote coexistence worldwide through education, outreach, and engagement.
As human populations expand, conflicts between humans and wildlife have increased exponentially, and up until recently, efforts to resolve such conflicts focused primarily on lethal population management including, but not limited to, methods such as culls with firearms, archery equipment, traps and toxicants. In the late 20th century, in response to human health and safety, animal welfare and environmental concerns associated with these traditional wildlife management practices, researchers began exploring the possibility of mitigating conflicts by using fertility control to manage wildlife populations.
Wildlife fertility control can be an effective and sustainable alternative to lethal wildlife management methods such as firearms, traps and toxicants.
The Botstiber Institute for Wildlife Fertility Control (BIWFC) was established in 2016. The Institute aims to advance the use of effective, sustainable fertility control methods to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts and promote coexistence worldwide. BIWFC serves as a resource center for the field of wildlife fertility control by:
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