Feral and Introduced Animal Species

[XDKingslayer]

XD,
Where the heck do you aim to hit the vital area on a python?

Buckshot to the head and let the gators finish them off.

I'm not getting close enough to make sure it's dead...

 

[qajaq59]

A game warden in Massachusetts once told me that the feral cats made wonderful meals for the young hawks and eagles in the Quabin Reservoir area.

 

[eliphalet]

How many birds and other wildlife do domestic cats kill each year in the U.S.?
Exact numbers are unknown, but scientists estimate that nationwide, cats kill hundreds of millions of birds, and more than a billion
small mammals, such as rabbits, squirrels, and chipmunks, each year.

http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/cats/materials/predation.pdf

Lets not forget hogs, Canadian wolves, donkeys, nutria, starlings, and dozens if not hundreds of other problem critters man has unfortunately introduced in our air, land and waters.

 

[bl4ckd0g]

I know a few Colorado natives who'd like to to add transplanted California liberals to the list.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Just be glad we're not in Oz and having to deal with cane toads - those are the worst feral species known to man, I believe.

 

[koja48]

A number of years back, had a problem with feral teenage boys . . . could clean out a helpless fridge & domestic pantry in a heartbeat. Solved the problem with chore list repellant & Son & friends started hanging out somewhere else. Ravenous creatures . . .this species can also be successfully lured away with teenage girl decoys . . .

 

[dagger dog]

koja48,
Yeah, you got it right, but threr ain't no open season on 'em!

 

[alemonkey]

My dad has had problems with a pack of dogs chasing his cattle. Not necessarily "feral" because they lived at an abandoned farmstead near by, and the owner came by to feed them once a week or so. They roamed the countryside harassing livestock until my dad caught them in his pature and took care of the problem.

 

[ronwill]

When I worked on the families ranch feral dogs were the big problem. They would kill calves, sometimes just for fun it seemed, and have no real fear of humans. I've killed many of these in my time, but that was when I was a teenager. I think the next most often killed by me would be feral hogs. I still hunt them with a black powder rifle and they do make a great barbecue.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Here in the Ozarks, they are trying to raise $400,000 for an animal shelter for our county to take care of the stray animal problem.

I offered it to do it for them. Let's see, $400,000 minus $10 for box of bulk pack Wal-Mart .22 shells, should leave me a $390,000 profit.

 

[308win]

this species can also be successfully lured away with teenage girl decoys

Yes, but they have been know to return with said decoy and litter in tow for extended stay. No, I don't think female decoys for teenage boys is a good idea - too much chance of over penetration.

 

[koja48]

decoy and litter in tow for extended stay

True & 'tis this very concept that gave birth to the phrase, "I'm a baby-boomer, which makes my Kids baby boomerangs." Glad I don't have to worry about that anymore.

 

[frogomatic]

No problem with feral cats back home. We have so many bobcats running around that I don't think the strays stand a chance.

 

[koja48]

Here in the Ozarks

Let's double-up, Vern . . . we'll cover the whole multi-state area & support ourselves in the style to which we'd like to become accustomed . . .

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I see it as the business opportunity of a life time.

 

[sixgunner455]

No problem with feral cats back home. We have so many bobcats running around that I don't think the strays stand a chance.

Around here, it's coyotes, bobcats, and racoons. Hardly ever see a cat outside of a residential neighborhood, and they get taken out of there by the 'yotes at night on a regular basis. Couple of tough old toms walking around here with chewed on ears, one I noticed recently is missing part of his tail. Usually, though, after a night of hearing the song dog seranade, I'll find a skull with a bit of skin attached in one of the nearby fields. Stray cats don't last.

 

[koja48]

Oops!

Attempting raid one of my robin nests . . . accurate little tool . . . HUGE mistake!