REPRODUCTIVE PECULIARITIES OF DOMESTICATED ELKS FEMALES ON KOSTROMA ELK FARM
Till now the question on reproductive peculiarities of elks is shined, as a rule, on the basis of the data, received by shooting of wild animals, rare visual supervision and results of tracking. The data, received by authors in the course of monitoring works, spent with the tamed elks, reflects a real condition of reproduction of elks under natural conditions residing. One of negative factors - the influence factor on elks by carrying out of modern hunting has been thus excluded. The result of comparison of the data of authors and the data, received on the basis of studying of populations, subjected to annual long pressure of hunting, specifies that hunting negatively affects a condition of populations, on their reproduction. Results of researches of authors are confirmed by long-term supervision over the tamed elks of Kostroma elk farm and can be used at regulation of number of population of wild elks.