ChristopherMic
The Poultry Guy
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My short time on this forum and I have seen variations of this argument numerous times. Which goes: these highly intelligent raccoons that can get past complex barriers and latches to eat our chickens would somehow become incompetent and unable to survive if relocated to a new area. Well that is wrong according to this study, where survival rates of radiocollared relocated raccoons was IDENTICAL to a control group of raccoons not relocated. Survival rates for both groups was high, 80%, following months of tracking. So there you have it.Relocating a raccoon, etc.,...
The captured animal gets dropped off at a foreign (to it) location. It knows nothing about forage areas nor watering areas...it is a grown animal and will require substantial nourishment. There may very well be a population of the same creature in that location. Think about how throwing a grown hen into a run of a dozen hens that don't know it...most likely it won't go well for the new hen...same thing goes with other territorial creatures. So the "relocated" animal is scrambling trying to find sustenance while always looking over his shoulder for attacks from others like himself...also, possibly having to deal with wounds from previous encounters with the same animals. Most likely a miserable subsistence.
You failed to quote the paragraph immediately below the one that you did quote...My short time on this forum and I have seen variations of this argument numerous times. Which goes: these highly intelligent raccoons that can get past complex barriers and latches to eat our chickens would somehow become incompetent and unable to survive if relocated to a new area. Well that is wrong according to this study, where survival rates of radiocollared relocated raccoons was IDENTICAL to a control group of raccoons not relocated. Survival rates for both groups was high, 80%, following months of tracking. So there you have it.
And to be clear I don't relocate the coons I trap. Nor do I dispute the concerns over spread of disease, releasing a now trap shy animal in someone else's backyard, or disrupting a habitat. All good reasons not to relocate a raccoon. I just couldn't believe a resourceful coon would roll over and die if moved to a new environment. The raccoons I've encountered were too smart for that to be true.
http://totalwildlifecontrol.com//re...vements/relocated-chicago-raccoons-study.html
Today 31 of my 40 chickens diedand I don't have a clue whose the culprit. I need help. I live in the suburbs of the inland empire so most likey its a small animal. They all had bite marks but some were open
Today 31 of my 40 chickens diedand I don't have a clue whose the culprit. I need help. I live in the suburbs of the inland empire so most likey its a small animal. They all had bite marks but some were open