Behavior of Wildlife Species in Urban Areas to Changing Conditions during COVID-19 Lockdowns: A Review.
J Appl Anim Welf Sci
; 25(2): 119-125, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1806033
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 crisis remains an international health disaster with serious impacts on health and business. As countries asked, and continue to ask, their human populations to stay at home to limit the spread of coronavirus, wild animals have been spotted exploring the empty streets of some of the world's largest urban areas.E This period of unusually reduced human mobility can provide invaluable insights into human-wildlife interactions. Reduced human mobility during the pandemic reveals critical aspects of our impact on wild animal welfare, providing important guidance on how best to share space on this crowded planet. Lockdown effects have been drastic, sudden, and widespread. Countries have also responded in broadly similar ways across large parts of the world, presenting invaluable replicates of this phenomenon. This paper will highlight various adaptations and changes in behavior developed by wild animals in urban areas during the early pandemic period. They concerned the effects on wildlife and ecosystems that are related to human activities, possible interactions between humans and wildlife, and the perspectives on wildlife and ecosystem management going forward.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Animals, Wild
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
J Appl Anim Welf Sci
Journal subject:
Veterinary Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
10888705.2022.2047682
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