Imagine being snatched from your home and dropped off in a remote forest. You have no food or water. It’s cold and there are large predators around, but you have no shelter. Your children are home alone. Neither you nor your babies will survive than a day or two. That’s what happens when people relocateContinue reading “Why You Should Never Relocate Wildlife”
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The Truth About Euthanasia at For Fox Sake
We keep hearing about nasty rumors being spread about For Fox Sake. Most recently, someone publicly accused us of gassing all of our raccoons to death. (We has the less-than-professional reaction of, “Wait, WTF?” upon hearing this.) So we’re here to clear the air because we value transparency and honesty. And here is the honest,Continue reading “The Truth About Euthanasia at For Fox Sake”
Bobcats Have Eye Spots on their Ears
The black and white marks on the back of a bobcat’s ears are actually false eyes. False eyes are very common in nature and appear on all kinds of animals, from birds to butterflies. Among cats, bobcats share their eye-spot ears with lynxes, tigers, leopards, snow leopards, pumas, and servals— among many others! For bobcats,Continue reading “Bobcats Have Eye Spots on their Ears”
Rough Green Snakes are Excellent Neighbors!
This little gem is a rough green snake, one of our most beautiful native reptiles. Rough green snakes are excellent neighbors. They eat large numbers of cockroaches, termites, ants, crickets, earwigs, and centipedes, and also occasionally snack on newborn rats and mice. Green snakes aren’t venomous and almost never bite humans, even when provoked andContinue reading “Rough Green Snakes are Excellent Neighbors!”
Don’t let raccoons see you feed them!
This year, For Fox Sake has received over a dozen calls about raccoons who had gotten too friendly and had become a nuisance. Because For Fox Sake is not authorized to remove or relocate nuisance animals, these calls were referred to wildlife operators, who ultimately killed them. This happens all over the country and leadsContinue reading “Don’t let raccoons see you feed them!”
There is no such thing as a humane leghold trap!
For Fox Sake has treated several wild animals with horrible injuries caused by leghold traps. In every case we have seen, the traps had been set by people who believed a common industry lie— that modern leghold traps are nothing like those of the past, and that they safely and humanely restrain animals without harm.Continue reading “There is no such thing as a humane leghold trap!”
Love Persimmons? Thank a Raccoon!
Although persimmons aren’t as popular as they once were, you might still be lucky enough to find them at farmer’s markets and international grocery stores. If you’re lucky, you might also have a persimmon tree providing fruit on your own land! Believe it or not, the American persimmon as we know it wouldn’t exist withoutContinue reading “Love Persimmons? Thank a Raccoon!”
Bobcats: Powerful Predators
Bobcats in our area are only slightly larger than house cats, but they possess powerful jaws. Despite being only slightly larger than a house cat, a bobcat has a bite stronger than that of a fox, coyote, lynx, dog, cheetah, or snow leopard. Its total bite strength in Newtons actually surpasses that of some ofContinue reading “Bobcats: Powerful Predators”
What’s most likely to have rabies in East TN?
Any warm-blooded animal can get rabies. Even rabbits and dolphins are at risk. In a few extraordinarily strange cases, it’s been recorded in birds! But there are some animals that are statistically at a higher risk than others. This can vary quite a bit by region. In our area, bats, skunks, and raccoons together compriseContinue reading “What’s most likely to have rabies in East TN?”
How to Tell Red Foxes Apart from Grey Foxes
Tennessee is home to two species of fox, the red fox and the grey fox. Despite their names, color isn’t the best way to tell these beautiful animals apart! An animal can be a member of the red fox species but have nearly any color fur, including silver, white, yellow, brown, and even lavender! ThisContinue reading “How to Tell Red Foxes Apart from Grey Foxes”
