ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2019
The Welfare of Pig-Hunting Dogs in Australia.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Wild Boar Attacks on Hunting Dogs in Czechia: The Length of the Hunting Season Matters.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- The Hunt for Kinder Practices: Minimising Harm to Wild Boar Welfare, Insights from a Qualitative Study in Wallonia (Belgium).Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- The Animal Welfare Consequences and Moral Implications of Lethal and Non-Lethal Fox Control Methods.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Presence of Foodborne Bacteria in Wild Boar and Wild Boar Meat-A Literature Survey for the Period 2012-2022.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Feral pig management in Australia: implications for disease control.Australian veterinary journal · 2022Article
- Detection of Brucella spp. during a serosurvey of pig-hunting and regional pet dogs in eastern Australia.Australian veterinary journal · 2022Article
- Tick exposure and risk of tick-borne pathogens infection in hunters and hunting dogs: a citizen science approach.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2022Article
- Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii in pig-hunting dogs from north Queensland, Australia.Australian veterinary journal · 2022Article
- Leptospirosis is an emerging infectious disease of pig-hunting dogs and humans in North Queensland.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022Article
- Serosurvey of anti-Veterinary world · 2021Article
- Animal Harms and Food Production: Informing Ethical Choices.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- The Animal Welfare Science of Working Dogs: Current Perspectives on Recent Advances and Future Directions.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Review
- Pig-hunting dogs are an at-risk population for canine heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection in eastern Australia.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
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Abstract
Hunting feral pigs using dogs is a popular recreational activity in Australia. Dogs are used to flush, chase, bail, and hold feral pigs, and their use for these activities is legal in some states and territories and illegal in others. However, there is little knowledge about the health and welfare of dogs owned specifically for the purpose of pig hunting. We conducted a review of the literature on working dogs in Australia and overseas to determine the likely welfare impacts confronting pig-hunting dogs. We identified numerous challenges facing pig-hunting dogs throughout their lives. Risks to welfare include overbreeding, wastage due to behavioural incompatibilities, the use of aversive training techniques including electronic shock collars, solitary kenneling and tethering, high exposure to infectious diseases including zoonotic diseases, inadequate vaccination and anthelmintic prophlyaxis, high incidence of traumatic and other injuries during hunts, climatic exposure during transportation, mortality during hunts, and a suboptimal quality of life after retirement. There are also significant welfare concerns for the wild pigs hunted in this manner. We conclude that research needs to be conducted in order to determine the current health and welfare of pig-hunting dogs, specifically in Australia. The humaneness of this method of pest control urgently requires further assessment.
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