Off-lead dogs create a risk to the biodiversity of New Zealand on national shorelines through hazardous interactions with wildlife. This report details a collaboration with the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) Lead the Way (LTW) campaign, which promotes the sharing of the beaches. By researching online information about the consequences of dog and marine wildlife interactions and analyzing the Dunedin and Canterbury LTW pilot programs, along with surveying dog owners across New Zealand, we developed recommendations to scale up the LTW program for national implementation.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Paul, Lauren E.
• Hanscom, Hailey D.
• Caira, Alexis A.
• Petrillo, Marina M.

Subject

• Environment
• Culture
• Sustainability
• Water

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031621-100809
• 5756

Keyword

• lead the way
• marine wildlife
• dog
• doc
• beach
• lead

Advisor

• Shockey, Ingrid K.
• Looft, Fred J.

Year

• 2021

Center

• Wellington, New Zealand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Department of Conservation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 14 - Life Below Water
• 15 - Life On Land

Date created

• 2021-03-16

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-05-03