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  • From: Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Steve's wildlife relocation comments
  • Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:42:13 -0400


Actually, it occurs to me that the people who relocate bears around here do what they do for public relations more than for the good of the bear or the ecology of the area. Many people might protest if they were to show up and kill every bear that raided a few garbage cans. Some of them might think it is more reasonable to kill a repeat offender.
One (and only one)reason that there is no relevance with how we handle raccoons or squirrels is that what we do is not a public event. When the officials show up to deal with a bear, it must be quite a neighborhood event. When we eliminate a squirrel or raccoon, it's just us.

Steve


Alan Haigh wrote:
The danger of where Steve is taking this discussion is that some might think how wildlife professionals deal with the relocation of bears justifies their unprofessional relocation of common fruit pests like raccoons and squirrels. There is no relevance at all as far as moving pest animals to new sites. .................
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