Spotted skunks and their carcasses
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08/20/18 06:25 PM
08/20/18 06:25 PM
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jeremygranado36
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Hey everyone! My friend has been doing a project regarding spotted skunks! She has been studying them, their meat, skeletal structure and fur. If y’all trap one if y’all wouldn’t mind recording data as far as where caught, sex, weight. If y’all would sell or donate to Angelo State University here in Texas would be awesome. If not if you could at least record the data. It goes into a historical documentation as well as the preserved fur. Thanks! Contact Hannah hjones13@angelo.edu
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Re: Spotted skunks and their carcasses
[Re: jeremygranado36]
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08/20/18 07:35 PM
08/20/18 07:35 PM
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Good people straight up to deal with sent them several in the past, I even kept the pods they did not want the stink. Plan to run cages and this is a big part of that.
Nice thing about this is prime or color means little to them so what is a less wanted fur for the market is OK for this no problem, ADC ones should be fine also. They would like a GPS location and a photo of the area it was caught in also.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Spotted skunks and their carcasses
[Re: jeremygranado36]
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08/21/18 08:16 AM
08/21/18 08:16 AM
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countrygun
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I am surprised that they haven't received all they need. There is no shortage of civet cats in Texas, catch 4 or 5 a year cat trapping.
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Re: Spotted skunks and their carcasses
[Re: jeremygranado36]
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08/21/18 11:14 AM
08/21/18 11:14 AM
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Insecticides make sense as a probable reason for decline. In the 60's is when use of the heavy duty organophosphates really got going and civets are primarily insect eaters. Here in western Oregon the westerns are doing very well, but the only spraying going on in their habitat is primarily herbicides.
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Re: Spotted skunks and their carcasses
[Re: jeremygranado36]
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08/21/18 11:38 AM
08/21/18 11:38 AM
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Urban sprawl and zoning regulations have a lot to do with it, everything they need for habitat is considered a nuisance in many areas today! Old farm places are destroyed or need to be cleaned up to comply with the laws, not much for idle acres any more, slash and burning all have a negative outcome for the civets along with corporate farming practices.
Sad they will limit the trapping of them in places but do nothing to help them long term really so the outlook is grim we have good numbers in central SD but the same things that happened in other place are going on here corporate farming is all about money and not much else.
I contacted the GFP about a relocation program with other States and you would think I was speaking French they seemed clueless and started to drone on about the current skunk rules in place. It was like the idea of relocating a threatened species was a unreal concept to them! LOL Talked to 2 guy at the GFP and both could not wrap their heads around the idea of a relocation program not even the basic idea just ticked me off.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Spotted skunks and their carcasses
[Re: Gulo]
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08/21/18 12:55 PM
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jeremygranado36
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Obviously, she's only looking for eastern spotted skunks rather than westerns?
Jack This flyer was made a while back. They will take any kind of spotted skunk. At first they started focusing on the eastern s but realized how rare they are to get ahold of.
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Re: Spotted skunks and their carcasses
[Re: jeremygranado36]
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08/21/18 01:06 PM
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They will be getting some Eastern ones this fall I sent Dr. Fowler a email letting him know I was running some cages this year!
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Spotted skunks and their carcasses
[Re: jeremygranado36]
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08/21/18 08:16 PM
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The last thing they would want is for folks to willy-nilly be doing their own transplant programs. Really bad idea. Likely illegal to boot.
My fear of moving stairs is escalating!
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