Wildlife control procedures manual / Transport Canada, Safety and Security, Aerodromes Standards Branch.: T52-4/79-2015E-PDF

"Transport Canada regards all airport wildlife as a potential safety hazard. Departmental policy therefore encourages the siting, construction, maintenance, and operation of airports and their facilities in a manner that minimizes this hazard. …The department does not play a direct role in the implementation of wildlife control programs at individual airports, but does provide awareness material and expertise upon request or through the normal cycle of distributing education and awareness material. Responsibility for program design and implementation now rests with management teams at each airport. This manual contains useful information needed to educate airport managers, operators and wildlife management personnel about serious wildlife concerns airports face today such as bird strikes, habitat modification, effect of land use activities on wildlife behavior, habituation and so on. This manual also contains certain guidelines that should be used by wildlife management personnel when employing wildlife management techniques to ensure minimum interference of wildlife with airport operations. …"--Executive summary, page 10.

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