Protocols for care and handling of deer and elk at the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range.

Michael Wisdom; John G. Cook; Mary M. Rowland; James H. Noyes

doi:10.2737/PNW-GTR-311

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Protocols for care and handling of deer and elk at the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Michael Wisdom, John G. Cook, Mary M. Rowland, James H. Noyes

Year:

1993

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-311

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-311. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 49 p

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Abstract

Several hundred Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni V. Bailey) and Rocky Mountain mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus Rafinesque) inhabit a fenced, 25,000-acre enclosure at the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon. Research there requires handling most of these animals each winter. In addition, 33 elk calves have been captured and raised for research. Protocols for care and handling of deer and elk are described. Legal requirements for the operation of facilities and research within the enclosure also are discussed.

Keywords

Elk, mule deer, animal welfare, Starkey Experimental Forest and Range, Blue Mountains (Oregon), tame elk

Citation

Wisdom, Michael J.; Cook, John G.; Rowland, Mary M.; Noyes, James H. 1993. Protocols for care and handling of deer and elk at the Starkey Experimental Forest and Range. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-311. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 49 p