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(Australia) Ethics guide details how researchers should work with wildlife – Times Higher Education (John Ross | July 2022)

Posted by Dr Gary Allen in Animal Ethics on August 26, 2022
Keywords: Animal ethics, Animal Welfare, Australia, Good practice, Institutional responsibilities, Researcher responsibilities

The Linked Original Item was Posted On July 17, 2022

Man operating a drone with remote control. Dark silhouette against colorful sunset. Soft focus.

Australian book weighs the ethics of evolving research techniques, including the downsides of drones and selfies with animals

When Adelaide psychologist Bradley Smith scoured the internet for guidance on using drones for wildlife research, he found nothing. So he tweeted ecologists he knew, asking if there was “some kind of central resource”.

Superficially, we might think that drones are a way to cheaply and safely reach remote locations, they are a way to collect data about animals safely and without potential harm to anybody, but this Australian work and this Times Higher Education suggest that such assumptions are wrong.  Drones are causing harm and institutions that have ethics guidelines on their correct use.

“Everyone said, ‘No, but there should be,’” said Dr Smith, who researches dog cognition and behaviour at the Central Queensland University (CQU) Adelaide campus.

Drones offer scope for non-invasive research, but unintended consequences abound. They are often targeted by birds of prey, potentially exposing raptors to injury. And a 2015 study found that bears’ heart rates spiked dramatically when drones flew overhead.

Dr Smith, a member of CQU’s animal ethics committee, had been asked to develop standard operating procedures for considering wildlife when using drones. Instead, he assembled an editorial team and spent three years compiling a comprehensive guide on the ethics and practicalities of wildlife research in Australia.

Ethics guide details how researchers should work with wildlife
Australian book weighs the ethics of evolving research techniques, including the downsides of drones and selfies with animals

Related Reading

(Australia) Animal Welfare Advisory Committee appointed – Government of Western Australia (February 2022)

Wildlife Cameras Are Accidentally Capturing Humans Behaving Badly – Nature (James Dinneen | November 2019)

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