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Trudy Sharp

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Biography

Trudy Sharp is a research officer within the Vertebrate Pest Research Unit (VPRU) based at NSW DPI’s Orange Agricultural Institute.

She holds a PhD in wildlife management from the University of NSW and a science degree with first class honours in psychology from the University of New England. She has been working in the field of pest animal management since 2003 and conducts multidisciplinary research that applies knowledge, theories and methodologies from animal welfare science and the behavioural sciences to develop efficient and practical solutions to a range of complex, and often contentious, issues relating to the management of vertebrate pest animals.

Featured Projects

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Animal welfare and sustainability of the Australian kangaroo harvesting industry.

Animal welfare and sustainability of the Australian kangaroo harvesting industry.

Developing standard operating procedures and codes of practice for the humane control of invasive animals in NSW.

Developing standard operating procedures and codes of practice for the humane control of invasive animals in NSW.

Kangaroo commercial code review.

Kangaroo commercial code review.

Understanding barriers to adoption of best practice rabbit management and community engagement in rabbit biocontrol.

Understanding barriers to adoption of best practice rabbit management and community engagement in rabbit biocontrol.

Cane toad euthanasia methods.

Cane toad euthanasia methods.

Using segmentation methodology to understand NSW hunters’ attitudes towards pest animal management.

Using segmentation methodology to understand NSW hunters’ attitudes towards pest animal management.

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Recent Publications

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image for publication Understanding hunters’ attitudes toward pest animal management: a segmentation study of NSW public land hunters. A final report to the NSW DPI Game Licensing Unit as part of the larger project titled ‘Scientific Evaluation of Hunting in NSW’

Understanding hunters’ attitudes toward pest animal management: a segmentation study of NSW public land hunters. A final report to the NSW DPI Game Licensing Unit as part of the larger project titled ‘Scientific Evaluation of Hunting in NSW’

NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange NSW

2019 | Journal
image for publication Using audience segmentation and targeted social marketing to improve landholder management of invasive animals. In P. Martin, T. Alter, D. W. Hine, & T. Howard (Eds.)

Using audience segmentation and targeted social marketing to improve landholder management of invasive animals. In P. Martin, T. Alter, D. W. Hine, & T. Howard (Eds.)

Community-based control of invasive species. CSIRO, Clayton VIC.

2019 | Journal
image for publication One size does not fit all: monitoring faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in marsupials

One size does not fit all: monitoring faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in marsupials

General and Comparative Endocrinology, 244, 146-156.

2017 | Journal

Qualifications and Achievements

PhD   School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, UNSW 2015

B.Sc. (Hons) (Psych)   University of New England 2007

B.Sc.   University of New England 2002

Ass. Dip. App. Sc. (Med. Lab. Sc.)   Charles Sturt University 1989

Professional Associations and Activities

Member International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE)

Member Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)

Member Australasian Wildlife Management Society (AWMS)

Contact

Email: trudy.sharp@dpi.nsw.gov.au

Research branch: Animal Welfare

Location: OAI (Orange Ag Institute)