Let’s Talk Trash!
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TRASH!
The Deadly Truth about
by Ruthanne Johnson (continued from last issue) As a wildlife rehabilitator, Renata Schneider has seen a number of trash related injuries—birds poisoned from lead weights, skunks with yogurt containers stuck on their heads, birds’ eyes poked out from fishing hooks. But the worst case she remembers was a raccoon whose paws were stuck in drink cans.
raccoons on fire. It became a huge animal cruelty case that easily could have been avoided. The raccoons were euthanized due to the severity of their burns. Animals injured by trash are regularly admitted to wild animal care
Trash can also create conflict between people and hungry wild animals in search of food... Trash can also create conflict between people and hungry wild marauders.
The RACCOON, sometimes spelled racoon, also known as the common raccoon, North American raccoon, northern raccoon and colloquially as coon, is a medium-sized mammal native to North America Did You Know? Raccoons breed mainly in February and March, but matings may occur from December through June. The raccoon is a marauder. They are often called “Masked marauders” because of their facial features.
centers. All bird patients are X-rayed for fishing hooks; young pelicans are especially susceptible because of their curiosity and appetite for an easy meal, says Schneider. “We call them the juvenile delinquents because they get into fishing hooks and lines left on the pier,
Scientific name: Procyon lotor Lifespan: 2 – 3 years (In the wild) Trophic level: Omnivorous
Height: 9.1 – 12 in. (At Shoulder) Mass: 7.7 – 20 lbs (Adult)
In Connecticut, two raccoons scrounging in a garbage bin were cruelly dealt with by the owners of a dry cleaning store [sic]. Instead of securing the lid to prevent the animals from getting in, they poured gasoline into the dumpster and lit the
and they nose through trash. They come in all wrapped up in fishing wire.” Pelicans typically have a high rehabilitation success rate, but hooks that pierce joints cause untreatable infections. Source : http://www.humanesociety.org/news/ magazines/2009/07-08/the_deadly_truth_about_trash.html
ma·raud·er noun a person who marauds; a raider. “a band of English marauders were surprised and overcome” synonyms: raider, plunderer, pillager, looter, robber, pirate, freebooter, bandit, bandito, highwayman, rustler;
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