Jess Bracks presented in September at the Humane Dog Population Management Conference in Mombasa, Kenya. Our presentation[1] shared experiences from some of Ecosure’s human/dog conflict projects including the review of the Queensland Government Fraser Island Dingo Management Strategy, managing risk while conserving dingoes around a mine in Western Australia and managing the hazard of roaming and stray domestic dogs at Funafuti International Airport in Tuvalu with sister company Avisure.
Jess had a great time meeting people from every continent with a range of different issues.
Some examples include:
- humane management of street dogs, sometimes numbering in the tens of millions (e.g. trap-neuter-release, re-homing programs and encouraging responsible dog ownership)
- managing rabies and other zoonoses in street dogs to protect people and wildlife
- human behaviour change around the dog meat trade
- community engagement and decision-making for effective DPM.
Book of abstracts, presentation videos and a range of great ICAM tools can be found here:
https://www.icam-coalition.org/conferences/international-conference-dog-population-management-2019/
Note: some of the graphics and animation in our presentation didn’t translate to the web version, for the full presentation please contact Jess at jbracks@ecosure.com.au.
Obviously, Jess could not travel to Africa without experiencing a safari… a few of the many highlights with Phill Bracks (Ecosure Operations Manager) below!
[1] Bracks, J, Shaw, P, Allen, B.L., Davis, J and McKee, J, 2019 ‘Ethical management of human-derived conflict with wild and domestic dogs: case studies from Oceania’, Conference presentation, 3rd International Dog Population Management Conference, Mombasa, Kenya.
