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[sherwin <sherwindu@att.net>]

  OK, I think I will just drown them and toss them in the garbage.

                 Sherwin

On 11/27/2013 11:11 AM, Dr. Lucky Pittman wrote:
> Virtually ALL wildlife biologists recommend against 'relocating' nuisance
> animals, particularly if they are not an 'endangered' species -
> squirrels/raccons/deer are most definitely NOT in that category.
>
> Unfortunately for the animal, relocation has a number of bad side effects.
>
> 1. Relocated animals must find new food sources in an unfamiliar
> environment.
>
> 2. Relocated animals must find new shelter in an unfamiliar environment. In
> the winter time, relocated wildlife have precious little time to find
> shelter.
>
> 3. Relocated animals must do actions 1 and 2 above while avoiding predators.
> It must also do those tasks before weather, food and water conditions take
> their toll.
> Additionally, relocated animals will now be competing with the previously
> existing populations at the site of 'relocation' for food/shelter/mates.
>
> 4. Your relocation may result in the deaths of young through starvation that
> have now lost their mother from your relocating her away from her young.
>
> 5. Relocating animals raises the risk of relocating a disease like rabies to
> new andRed fox with severe case of mange. Photo by Aaron Hildreth.
> uninfected locales. Like what happened with the Mid-Atlantic Rabies Outbreak
> during the 1990s. Mange, and other parasites are also a concern.
>
> 6. It may also be illegal in your state.
>
> While trapping and relocating may make some folks feel as though they've
> treated their former nuisance in a 'humane' manner, it's not necessarily the
> case.
>
> Lucky
>
>
>
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