Maria Denisa Conete, Lavinia Dicu
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game animals, Seaca, wildlife management
The prospects for game fauna, edible or non-edible, for game culture or just for bringing their populations under control, are only likely and different from species to species. The purpose of this paper is to follow the evolution of the populations of game fauna in the Seaca No. 4 Hunting Fund (Olt County) in the period 2011–2021, in order to deepen and improve the existing game management. The surface of the game reserve is 8,661 ha and overlaps with 3 protected areas. During the research period, 9 representative species of hunting interest were identified, important from an ecological, economic and aesthetic point of view: 7 mammal species (belonging to 3 orders, 5 families) and 2 bird species (Phasianidae). Of the species of game interest studied, only the European fallow deer (an artificially introduced species), roe deer and red fox showed an increase in the number of animals, their hunting quotas and, therefore, their harvests during the research period. We mention the reduction in the wild boar herds, in spite of the special care taken by the administrator to supplement their food requirements, and the appearance and multiplication of jackals in the area, the multiplication of red foxes and the reduction in the European hare and gray partridge numbers. Comparing the actual and optimum populations in 2021, it can be observed that the actual population of roe deer, red deer and pheasant is close to the optimum population level. Thus, during the research period, the herds of hunting fauna were relatively high and balanced, in accordance with the diversity of the habitats and the large number of facilities for hunting. The need is felt to protect the habitats and further develop the territory where game is taken care of and harvested in the context where the habitats are subject to alarming changes, which affect both the trophic capacity and the shelter needed by the game.
The hunters from the studied hunting fund must maintain a sincere and constructive dialogue with the other actors in the field, in order to be able to take, jointly, the most appropriate measures for the conservation of wild fauna, without harming protected areas, agricultural production, forestry, etc.
Cite this paper: Conete, M.D., Dicu, L. (2023). STUDY REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE WILD ANIMALS POPULATIONS FROM SEACA HUNTING FUND (OLT COUNTY). Current Trends in Natural Sciences, 12(24), 69-83. https://doi.org/10.47068/ctns.2023.v12i24.008
