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  • From: "Pat Armstrong" <rancher@carolina.rr.com>
  • To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife
  • Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:43:29 -0400

Ernest ftw


----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating wildlife


Almost everything is a crime in the US.

---- Original Message ----
From: rewagner@centurytel.net
To: rancher@carolina.rr.com, nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating
wildlife
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:22:47 -0500

Robins are protected by international treaty and killing or harassing
them is a federal crime.


From: Pat Armstrong
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 5:40 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating
wildlife


I agree Lucky, especially your last sentence... Robins are not
considered endangered by our household, I'd bet they'd cook up just
like dove. I've heard that you can get rabies from eating the brain
of a diseased animal, so I'd probably be extremely careful when
preparing any rodent or mammal for dinner...personally, I'm not fond
of brains-as-food, so I would not plan on eating the them.. This link
refers to a couple of cases where those who butchered were not
careful enough.
http://www.wormsandgermsblog.com/2009/03/articles/animals/cats/eating
-dog-or-cat-linked-to-rabies-/

Pat 7b
----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. Lucky Pittman
To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 6:01 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] Was: Pear Thief, now hazards of relocating
wildlife


Not bashing on you, Jay, and some may look at me as a heartless
b@st@rd, but trapping and relocation is not a desirable solution; but
I don't bend over for the bunny huggers or anthropomorphizing public
any more, so I'll say it.

It's better to terminate 'em on the spot. Shoot to kill, use
quick-kill traps/snares, or live-trap and terminate.



Except in the case of threatened species - which squirrels most
assuredly are NOT - wildlife biologists are pretty much all on the
same page in opposing relocation/translocation of problem/depredating
wildlife.



Relocated animals will immediately have to compete with the
existing population at the site of release for available food,
shelter, mates, etc., all while avoiding predators - in an area that
may already be at 'carrying capacity' for that species. The
relocated animal &/or members of the pre-existing population are
likely going to find themselves at a disadvantage - something may
experience a slow, lingering death due to starvation or injury.



By relocating a problem animal to another location, you may also be
relocating whatever parasites or disease organisms it may be
carrying, thereby risking transmission to a naïve population.

The raccoon rabies outbreak that's been running up the
eastern/northeastern US coast and is now heading west across PA & OH,
for the past 25 years is the result of some not-so-insightful
members of then-President Carter's staff/cabinet translocating
raccoons(some carrying the raccoon strain of the rabies virus) from
south GA to VA, because they 'missed' coon-hunting.



Depending upon season, you may orphan young which may or may not be
able to survive without the care of the relocated animal.

And last, but not least, you may just be dumping your problem
animal onto someone else and creating problems for them.

In some states, there are statutes(though I doubt that they are
rigorously enforced) prohibiting relocation/translocation of wildlife
species.



I understand that not everyone is comfortable with terminating
problem animals - even vermin, like squirrels - in a quick humane
manner, but it's a preferable solution to trapping and relocating.
Trapping and relocation may assuage your own personal feelings of
guilt, but it's not the right thing to do.



Properly prepared, squirrel, rabbit, groundhog, raccoon, etc. are
quite tasty, and very nutritious - especially if they've been eating
all the fruits of your labors.



Lucky Pittman



From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jay Cutts
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 3:17 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Pear Thief



I sometimes live-trap the offending squirrels who have learned a
naughty behavior and relocate them some miles away. I assume other
squirrels will move in to take their place but they haven't learned
the bad habits yet.



Regards, Jay Jay CuttsDirector, Cutts Graduate ReviewsLead Author,
Barron's Test Prep Publications800-353-4898 day or eve, 7 days(In NM,
505-281-0684)
On 8/25/2010 1:18 PM, Robert Bruns wrote:

I've had squirrels chew through green apricots to get to the pits.
They are probably after the pips in your pears. Once one squirrel
does it, all the other squirrels see it and do the same, stripping
even a large tree in a few days.



Fred

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Brungardt, Sam (MPCA)
<Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us> wrote:



Caren, squirrels can carry amazingly large fruit, even on power
lines. I think they're your thieves. -- Sam



From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Caren Kirk


Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 1:09 PM

To: North American Fruit Explorers

Subject: [NAFEX] Pear Thief



Out of interest, could anyone suggest what would be stealing small
pears off my Flemish Beaty in July before they've fully grown and
ripened? It's a small, young tree that I planyed last year that set
about 8-10 small fruit. However something came and took them at the
beginning of July. There were absolutely no signs of damage to the
tree and absolutely no trace of the pears.



Animalwise we have quite a family of squirrels in the area but it
seems to me that they would be too big for a squirrel to carry off.
We have the odd raccoon, but the tree is too spindly to hold that
kind of weight without branch damage. My kids show no interest in my
fruit until it's on a plate in front of them, and they know better.
As do the neighbours.



Any ideas so I can work out a strategy to protect them for next
year?



Caren Kirk

St. Jerome, QC


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