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BIG GAME POTENTIALS IN REGARDS TO MEAT PRODUCTION

Wild game has always been used in human consumption. With the development of gatherer society the first activity was wild animal hunting, and later followed their domestication, crossbreeding and cultivation with the purpose of producing meat. Lately, much attention is paid to food being produced in an ecological manner without using blends, preparations and other artificially produced nourishments that encourage growth and breeding of animals in order to get as large quantities of meat in the shortest amount of time and in the smallest territory (Tomljanović, 2012). No matter whether it is about management with the purpose of meat production or for the purpose of selling cull and trophies, the working principle and obtaining meat have changed over time with the development of new techniques and technologies. During time hunting weapons gave become more precise, and ammunition more lethal. Animal killing has become almost instant, and with it the influential stress levels smaller (Tomljanović, 2012). On Croatian territory wild game meat exploitation is similar to one in Europe. It is less than one kilogram per capita in one year. Usage of wild game meat is greatly directed within the families of hunters (Tolušići sur., 2006), while the wild game meat market is reduced to very poor and sporadic offers in retails chains. In Republic of Croatia most meat is produced from wild boar (1 570 t), followed by roe meat (408 t) and by common deer (335 t). Meat production according to LPP for each individual species is on average the highest for wild boar and it is 1, 28 kg/ha, followed by common deer 0, 73 kg/ha and roe deer 0, 31kg/ha. The amount of meat that is being produces from three researched species of big game on average amounts to 0, 5 kg per capita. According to the number of registered hunters it turns out that annual production of meat from the three researched species amounts to 36, 8 kg/hunter, which is almost more than the half year need that on the level of Croatia amounts to 60 kg/capita, and more than third of the recommended annual need of 85 kg/capita (Balenović & Balenović, 2001). Financially speaking, annual production amounts to little over 60 million HRK and represents contribution to the economy. The determined problem, not only in Croatia but also in most European countries, is the insufficiently widespread market and still a pretty much closed circle of people that consume this meat.

exploitation ; game ; meat ; management ; wildlife

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