Are there raccoons in europe

wikipedia

Drug trafficker Pablo Escobar imported some hippos for his private zoo. Four decades later, they live in the wild and have multiplied enormously. Nobody knows what to do with them. (13.05.2020)

Dog meat is consumed on a minority basis in some parts of China. However, NGOs estimate that millions of dogs and cats are slaughtered in that country, to be eaten by people. (02.06.2020)

In Denmark, millions of minks have to die because of a coronavirus mutation that is spreading on farms. Europe wants to move away from animal fur clothing, but business is booming.

raccoon wikipedia english

After reviewing the studies carried out on the subject in various areas of Europe, Salgado warns of the need to implement a raccoon management strategy on a continental scale and in the long term. The head of the research considers that the trade of raccoons as pets should be banned, an early detection and rapid response system should be activated, the growth and expansion of raccoon populations should be contained, and vulnerable habitats, species and resources should be protected.

raccoons are dangerous

After reviewing the studies carried out on the subject in various areas of Europe, Salgado warns of the need to implement a raccoon management strategy on a continental scale and in the long term. The head of the research considers that the trade of raccoons as pets should be banned, an early detection and rapid response system should be activated, the growth and expansion of raccoon populations should be contained, and vulnerable habitats, species and resources should be protected.

raccoon meaning

The reality of raccoons, moreover, is far from the romantic image we often have of them. Far from the idyllic childish cinematographic image that has been spread about this carnivorous mammal, raccoons are not tender pets, but wild animals that, due to their nocturnal habits, their activity and aggressiveness, are very unsuitable to coexist with humans.

Raccoons have been considered by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge as an invasive exotic species since 2013. The ministry itself admits that their «eradication is very difficult».

In fact, in a study carried out by the Ministry of Environment of Madrid, in which they studied eight captured and sterilized specimens to know their movement patterns, it was concluded that «there is a need to carry out a constant capture until its total eradication is achieved».

To this end, in the study, the authorities are committed to increasing the capture effort «before and during the breeding season». «It is therefore necessary to start captures before March in order to trap and eliminate reproductive females and prevent the birth of offspring,» it concludes.