tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664818944279303018.post5693092593811146911..comments2024-03-02T08:28:45.858+00:00Comments on Zoo News Digest: Caracals Blamed For Killing CattlePeter Dickinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14844154645977419563noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664818944279303018.post-59766564362555898722010-02-22T22:15:27.547+00:002010-02-22T22:15:27.547+00:00Hi Peter,
Goats? Yes. Cows? Not a chance! They n...Hi Peter,<br /> <br />Goats? Yes. Cows? Not a chance! They need to do predator I.D. of the carcass. All predators kill, and eat, in a specific way. That will tell you who's killing. I'll bet my left one that these caracals are scavenging on the aftermath.<br /><br />MarkRangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13639117095392761110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664818944279303018.post-18997759184020718942010-02-20T06:59:04.101+00:002010-02-20T06:59:04.101+00:00this is my first visit here, found it via Twitter....this is my first visit here, found it via Twitter. i'm not a fan of zoos, mainly because the times i went, as a child or grown-up, i had depressing encounters with its inhabitants. an orangutan in a german zoo, behind thick layers of glass, in a small empty compartment with fierce lighting... he held his hand against the wall and so i did i on the other side and looked into his sad sad eyes. i felt sick all day and only wanted him to be free. they don't belong in captivity, you know! the same in Amsterdam, Artis, with a gibbon, who stretched out his tiny hand to me through the bars... i stretched out mine and wanted to take his tiny hand in mine, but decided not too, for all i know he could want to bite. but he looked sad and it seemed like he was begging for food, gibbons should not be like beggars behind bars! they belong in the wild!<br /><br />i do get why there are zoos and to some extent they might be educative and trying to preserve certain species... still... and i certainly do get why a job as a keeper is fascinating, because you work with animals and learn from and about them... but i often don't see the benefit of it... we can watch David Attenborough's outstanding documentaries these days :-) and learn about nature without robbing animals from their own space...<br /><br />and about keeping livestock safe from nightly attacks, because i suspect the cats attack when it's dark..? depending on how many goats etc, the owners could perhaps build shelters to bring their goats during the night.<br /><br />or if the food of the cats is lesser in the mountains and it's a reason for them to come down and attack herds, maybe the EPDA could try to restore that and make sure there are lizards, rats etc for the wildcats to eat.<br /><br />why should animals always have to be moved for the sake of humans? i hate trapping, i found a badger in a snare last week, here in Belgium. close to a nature reserve. the hunters who did it have been at this for years and the local folk are afraid to stop them, because it's a family with connections in high places, so to speak. a snare is even still legal! well, maybe you would like to <a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/equilibremael/" rel="nofollow">sign our petition</a> to stop the use of legal snares in French Belgium...<br /><br />all the best,Natuurlijk Evenwicht Equilibremaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077766170765348398noreply@blogger.com