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A trial with the projectile‐syringe rifle to capture wild red deer on Rhum
Author(s) -
Jewell P. A.,
Lowe V. P. W.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1965.tb05212.x
Subject(s) - rifle , range (aeronautics) , projectile , zoology , syringe , cervus elaphus , biology , geography , ecology , archaeology , medicine , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics , aerospace engineering , psychiatry
A brief account is given of a field trial to immobilize wild red deer on the island of Rhum. The difficulties of estimating the weight of a wild animal, and the range and technical limitations of the apparatus are discussed. A number of deer were satisfactorily caught and marked and the potentialities of the method are described.