• Animal welfare testing for shooting and darting free-ranging wildlife: a review and recommendations 

      Hampton, Jordan O.; Arnemo, Jon Martin; Barnsley, Richard; Cattet, Marc; Daoust, Pierre-Yves; DeNicola, Anthony J.; Eccles, Grant; Fletcher, Don; Hinds, Lyn A.; Hunt, Rob; Portas, Timothy; Stokke, Sigbjørn; Warburton, Bruce; Wimpenny, Claire (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Several important techniques for managing wildlife rely on ballistics (the behaviour of projectiles), including killing techniques (shooting) as well as capture and marking methods (darting). Because all ballistic techniques ...
    • A comparison of fragmenting lead-based and lead-free bullets for aerial shooting of wild pigs 

      Hampton, Jordan O.; Eccles, Grant; Hunt, Rob; Bengsen, Andrew J.; Perry, Andrew L.; Parker, Steve; Miller, Corissa J.; Joslyn, Steve K.; Stokke, Sigbjørn; Arnemo, Jon Martin; Hart, Quentin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In response to the health threats posed by toxic lead to humans, scavenging wildlife and the environment, there is currently a focus on transitioning from lead-based to lead-free bullets for shooting of wild animals. We ...
    • A comparison of lead-based and lead-free bullets for shooting sambar deer (Cervus unicolor) in Australia 

      Hampton, Jordan O.; Bengsen, Andrew J.; Flesch, Jason S.; Toop, Simon D.; Davies, Christopher; Forsyth, David M.; Kanstrup, Niels; Stokke, Sigbjørn; Arnemo, Jon Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Context. In response to the toxic health threats posed by lead (Pb), there is currently a focus on transitioning to lead-free bullets for shooting wild animals. Aim. We aimed to quantify the killing efficiency and animal ...
    • Heads in the sand: public health and ecological risks of lead-based bullets for wildlife shooting in Australia 

      Hampton, Jordan O.; Laidlaw, Mark; Buenz, Eric; Arnemo, Jon Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
    • Lead contamination in Australian game meat 

      Hampton, Jordan O.; Pain, Deborah J.; Buenz, Eric; Firestone, Simon M.; Arnemo, Jon Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Lead-based ammunition (gunshot and bullets) frequently leaves small lead fragments embedded in the meat of wild-shot game animals. Australia produces several commercial game meat products from wild animals harvested with ...
    • Managing macropods without poisoning ecosystems 

      Hampton, Jordan O.; Pay, James M; Katzner, Todd E; Arnemo, Jon Martin; Pokras, Mark A.; Buenz, Eric; Kanstrup, Niels; Thomas, Vernon G.; Uhart, Marcela; Lambertucci, Sergio A.; Krone, Oliver; Singh, Navinder; Naidoo, Vinny; Ishizuka, Mayumi; Saito, Keisuke; Helander, Björn; Green, Rhys E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      A recent review of the management of hyperabundant macropods in Australia proposed that expanded professional shooting is likely to lead to better biodiversity and animal welfare outcomes. While the tenets of this general ...