De Groeve, Johannes
Van de Weghe, Nico
Ranc, Nathan
Morellet, Nicolas
Bonnot, Nadège C.
Gehr, Benedikt
Heurich, Marco
Hewison, A. J. Mark
Kröschel, Max
Linnell, John D. C.
Mysterud, Atle
Sandfort, Robin
Cagnacci, Francesca
Article History
Received: 14 April 2022
Accepted: 9 January 2023
First Online: 10 February 2023
Declarations
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: Roe deer captures and collaring were compliant to national and international welfare regulations, and approved as follows. SE-Germany (DE2): The research program in the Bavarian Forest is managed by the Administration of the Bavarian Forest National Park. Game captures were conducted in accordance with European and German animal welfare laws. The experiment was designed to minimize animal stress and handling time, and to ensure animal welfare, as defined in the guidelines for the ethical use of animals in research. Animal captures and experimental procedures were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Government of Upper Bavaria and fulfils their ethical requirements for research on wild animals (Reference number 55.2-1-54-2531-82-10); N-Italy (IT1, IT24): animal handling practice, such as captures and collar marking, complied with the Italian laws on animal welfare and has been approved by the Wildlife Committee of the Autonomous Province of Trento, 09/2004S; Switzerland (CH25): The animal capture and handling protocols were authorized by the cantonal veterinary and animal welfare services with permit number BE75/11; SW-France (FR8): prefectural order from the Toulouse Administrative Authority to capture and monitor wild roe deer and agreement no. A31113001 approved by the Departmental Authority of Population Protection; SW-Germany (DE15): The animal capture and handling protocols were authorized by the animal welfare and hunting administration of the federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany (RP Freiburg; G-09/53).
: The authors declare no competing interests.