Pest control systems use animals to detect, pursue, or kill targeted species within agricultural, urban, and conservation environments. Animals are deployed as biological control agents, using predation, scent detection, or behavioural conditioning to manage populations considered undesirable within human-defined systems.

While methods vary by species and context, the underlying structure remains consistent: animals are selected and trained for specific control functions, then deployed within managed environments where their behaviour is directed toward suppression or elimination of target animals. Their use is integrated into broader control strategies, operating alongside mechanical, chemical, and environmental interventions.

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This index includes species that are trained or deployed as biological control agents within organised pest management systems, regardless of scale or region.