Why doesn’t DU use predator control in addition to habitat conservation?
Predator control is not a responsible use of our supporters’ contributions. The best scientific research shows that killing predators cannot result in meaningful increases in duck numbers or birds in the bag. It also threatens to undermine the broad coalition of public support on which modern waterfowl conservation depends. Dollars diverted into killing predators are dollars lost to habitat conservation. And, nearly every dollar spent on habitat for waterfowl is matched from special funds, such as the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund, which is set aside for habitat work. Funds from other sources in the U.S. and Canada are also often available, resulting in many projects being able to leverage at least 3 or 4 dollars for every DU dollar. Dollars diverted to killing predators are not matched.
