Coypu

[Simoman 110]

Lads, i know the coypu was common in east anglia until the harsh winters and thought to have been extinct since the 80's but has anybody seen one, or caught one since, were they totally eradicated or do a few still survive on the broads and surrounding areas?

[forest of dean redneck 12,023]

http://www.wildabout.../562-coypu.html

 

an this was in sun year ago when those giant rats was shot

 

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs yesterday revealed there had been 11 possible sightings of coypus in Britain in the past decade, though they were "inconclusive".

Edited September 30, 2011 by forest of dean redneck

[Waz 4,293]

Look like this one from Europe.

 

[Simoman 110]

Is it true Waz they chatter their teeth and they break off? Do they cause harsh injuries to the terriers?

[desertdog 149]

i knew a farmer up that way on the broads whos terriers would tackle them, but he said they,d give your dog a hard time, not heard about them for a while.

[donnyc 1,203]

A bayer would take stick but a terrier that went into them would have them screeching and fold ..Ideal for youngsters gave them confidence ..Strange things used to watch them walking under the water . ...memories of the eastern counties otter hounds many years ago ..Norfolk was infested with them ..When the cattle were in a field,, and hounds spooked them, you could feel the whole field move weird sensation.

[fireman 11,442]

I know keeper who had them after they were all ment to have all gone,gov man came and tried to trap them but didn't get very far and the keeper ended up sorting out the few he had.It wouldn't suprise me if there were a few pockets of them left,the broads is a place where things can hide away easily.

[vduben 55]

i got told many years ago there in melton mowbray at rhubard island....

Edited October 1, 2011 by vduben

[Waz 4,293]

Is it true Waz they chatter their teeth and they break off? Do they cause harsh injuries to the terriers?

 

Yeh, the teeth break off into the coypus mouth and they then spit the tooth out like a flying chisel, also been known to wait till a terrier gets hold, then they fling there body over the terrier and rape them, because its done in the water the coypu has the upper hand (so to speak), I heard of a bitch that gave birth to the resulting pups but never seen it myself so cant confirm.

[Plong 21]

Seen some in a cage trap in France this summer one adult one day and then 2 young ones the next day, on the lake I was fishing. Looking at the teeth on them it would be like getting bit by a 10lb rat

[vduben 55]

Is it true Waz they chatter their teeth and they break off? Do they cause harsh injuries to the terriers?

 

Yeh, the teeth break off into the coypus mouth and they then spit the tooth out like a flying chisel, also been known to wait till a terrier gets hold, then they fling there body over the terrier and rape them, because its done in the water the coypu has the upper hand (so to speak), I heard of a bitch that gave birth to the resulting pups but never seen it myself so cant confirm.

hmmmmmmmmmm really?

[mudd dog 128]

Ha ha ha. Interesting read lads. How did the government cull them or did they just die out ?????

[donnyc 1,203]

They were cage trapped ,good wages so I was told .

[byron 1,279]

a chap used to call at a keeper mates of mine in the mid eighties,, thetford way, coypu control was what he went under ..told me he cage trapped em using sugar beet ..

dont think theres any round that way now..

[dogsbody 14]

They were mainly culled by cage trapping and shooting but cold winters eventually saw them off. Being of south american origin they just couldnt cope.