For over two decades, The Raptors have successfully provided effective wildlife services for a wide variety of waste management sites, both on the coast and across Canada.
Waste management sites are busy, fast-paced environments. They receive a steady supply of solid waste, in the forms of garbage, recycling and green waste, which can provide food for opportunistic birds. Wildlife feeding on garbage can have significant impacts on operational safety, obstructing work procedures, moving waste off-site, negatively impacting customer experience, and potentially spreading disease.
The food provided by waste management sites is high-value and feeding birds quickly become dependent – conventional wildlife control techniques are often insufficient in managing problem birds. Falconry is a green and effective solution to waste management wildlife issues. Exploiting natural predator-prey relationships, the strategic use of falconry is a tool to which target species do not become habituated.
