Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>IDFG categorizes wildlife-human conflicts based on human injury and the behavior of the</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>wildlife involved (see attached chart). IDFG will provide guidelines to its personnel for</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>addressing situations involving human injuries or fatalities caused by wildlife attacks on</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>livestock and domestic animals, and nuisance behavior.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN /></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>For incidents involving serious bodily injury or death of a person, the Wildlife-Human</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Attack Response Team (WHART) will be activated and respond consistent with WHART</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Guidelines and Procedures. The WHART’s responsibilities include acting to protect the</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>safety of the public and incident responders; attempting to identify, locate, and control the</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>animal(s) involved in the incident; and conducting, documenting and reporting investigative</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>findings.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN /></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>IDFG’s intent is to provide timely and appropriate response to wildlife-human conflicts,</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>particularly attacks on humans, human safety threats, and loss of domestic animals. IDFG</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>may take appropriate measures to control wildlife, up to and including lethal control, in</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>such situations. Control measures will be conducted as safely and humanely as</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>practicable under the circumstances. IDEG may also promote preventative measures to</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>reduce such conflicts.</SPAN></SPAN></P><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Point geometry representing response locations. Use the 'Notes' attribute to provide context for the geometry.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Polyline geometries representing response locations. Use the 'Notes' attribute to provide context for the geometry.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Polygon geometry representing response locations. Use the 'Notes' attribute to provide context for the geometry.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: Conflict Reports can involve multiple instances of events where wildlife poses a threat to human safety and/or property. The Conflict Report Event table captures reported details on the wildlife conflict concerning the species involved, what happened, and when.
Description: IDFG’s intent is to provide timely and appropriate response to wildlife-human conflicts, particularly attacks on humans, human safety threats, and loss of domestic animals. IDFG may take appropriate measures to control wildlife, up to and including lethal control, in such situations. Control measures will be conducted as safely and humanely as practicable under the circumstances. IDEG may also promote preventative measures to reduce such conflicts.
Description: Wildlife conflict claims of property damage/depredation are investigated by IDFG to corroborate conflict details provided by the reporting party. Investigations include details on the damaged property and the conflict species involved. This investigation data is used to help calculate total damage costs when developing new depredation claims or other agreements with the affected parties/landowners.
Description: During a wildlife conflict investigation, IDFG staff may identify multiple depredation items that require total cost of damage estimations. This layer captures the details regarding depredation items and damaged quantities and unites of measure.
Description: During a wildlife conflict investigation, IDFG staff may identify multiple depredation items resulting from the wildlife conflict. For each depredation item, IDFG staff can identify the conflict species and the number of animals attributing to the depredation for the purpose of planning response actions and/or calculating total damage costs.