skunks in the forest of dean !

[ferret15 0]

i have just read this has anyone ever seen any?

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1203529/Hold-nose-Colony-wild-skunks-UK.html

[RicW 67]

i have just read this has anyone ever seen any?

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1203529/Hold-nose-Colony-wild-skunks-UK.html

 

So? The Houses of Parliament are full of 'em.

 

Ric

[pencoed hunter 7]

Iv heard there's wild boar there or something but don't know if its true.

[3jackwhite3 2]

pencoed hunter there is wild boar in the forest of dean there is a newspaer my little brother delivers and they are in there all the time, it is called the wye valley review i think.

 

I also go beating on a shoot that is east to the forest of dean and last year a wild boar bolted from a thick patch of brambles and it was about 3 to 3 1/2foot to the shoulder it almost knocked a beater over, that was the second sighting on that farm the previous sighting was 2 years before and there was sighns of them rooting up the fields.

 

Also my old college tutor was going to set up a deer farm in trellech which is near the wye valley and about 6-7 miles west of the forest of dean(as the crow flys)and one of the fields was destoyed by wild boar rooting it up and wallowing in it.

 

So there is a good population of wild boar about the forest of dean area.

Edited November 9, 2009 by 3jackwhite3

[pencoed hunter 7]

Ok nice one mate

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

I've heard that some folks in the uk keep skunks as pets? How bizarre! Sure they're pretty to look at but even with their glands removed, they stink!

 

They can spray up to 15 feet and will do so at the slightest appearance of threat. The scent can travel for up to a mile. If they get you/your dog in the eyes it causes temporary blindness. It is impossible to wash the smell off and it can stay in the skin for up to a year - every time the dog gets wet you can smell it. Also, when freshly sprayed, the smell is enough to enduce vomitting in even the hardest of folks. I can't begin to describe it and nothing I say would be an exaggeration. Imagine the smell of fox magnified by, oh ... 1000 times.

 

I was relieved when I first discovered that there were no wild skunks in the UK. Having first hand experience of them I can honestly say I sincerely hope this report is a one off and not a sign that wild skunks are colonating.

[doga 50]

if there is let them stop their. :sick:

[ferret15 0]

I've heard that some folks in the uk keep skunks as pets? How bizarre! Sure they're pretty to look at but even with their glands removed, they stink!

 

They can spray up to 15 feet and will do so at the slightest appearance of threat. The scent can travel for up to a mile. If they get you/your dog in the eyes it causes temporary blindness. It is impossible to wash the smell off and it can stay in the skin for up to a year - every time the dog gets wet you can smell it. Also, when freshly sprayed, the smell is enough to enduce vomitting in even the hardest of folks. I can't begin to describe it and nothing I say would be an exaggeration. Imagine the smell of fox magnified by, oh ... 1000 times.

 

I was relieved when I first discovered that there were no wild skunks in the UK. Having first hand experience of them I can honestly say I sincerely hope this report is a one off and not a sign that wild skunks are colonating.

it sounds like these have been released by people who kept them pets. as it is now illegal to descent them in the UK.

and the report says it was a baby that was picked up so they are breeding!

 

i wonder if the correct thing will be done and an attempt to remove them made.?

[ferret15 0]

if there is let them stop their. :sick:

after googling it it apears they are more common

http://cryptoworld.co.uk/skunk-found-in-west-yorkshire-uk/

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

I've heard that some folks in the uk keep skunks as pets? How bizarre! Sure they're pretty to look at but even with their glands removed, they stink!

 

They can spray up to 15 feet and will do so at the slightest appearance of threat. The scent can travel for up to a mile. If they get you/your dog in the eyes it causes temporary blindness. It is impossible to wash the smell off and it can stay in the skin for up to a year - every time the dog gets wet you can smell it. Also, when freshly sprayed, the smell is enough to enduce vomitting in even the hardest of folks. I can't begin to describe it and nothing I say would be an exaggeration. Imagine the smell of fox magnified by, oh ... 1000 times.

 

I was relieved when I first discovered that there were no wild skunks in the UK. Having first hand experience of them I can honestly say I sincerely hope this report is a one off and not a sign that wild skunks are colonating.

it sounds like these have been released by people who kept them pets. as it is now illegal to descent them in the UK.

and the report says it was a baby that was picked up so they are breeding!

 

i wonder if the correct thing will be done and an attempt to remove them made.?

 

Well I bloody hope so! They are horrible critters and will make life very unpleasant for both pet and working dog owners. They're opporuntists as well, they'll eat pretty much anything and they're very bold. My dogs back home were all skunked at various times in their lives. Years later I still feel ill just thinking about it.

[bedrock 16]

If it is true every single one should be culled all they will do is become a massive pain in the ass and compete with our native wild life.

So lets go and shoot some skunks

[ferret15 0]

If it is true every single one should be culled all they will do is become a massive pain in the ass and compete with our native wild life.

So lets go and shoot some skunks

it wouldnt be the first time a non indigenous animal went unchecked look at the Grey squirrel for one.

[Guest Rod&dog]

Tis Full of weirddoes anyway.

[hagar 5]

na if there was a skunk the locals would eat it lol