Mink in the Drink

[eggsarascal]

41 minutes ago, roys said:

Why did they take her traps?

Illegal to trap the little blighters,

[AHPP]

55 minutes ago, Billhook said:

Are they good to eat?

No meat on them but they’re easier to pluck than a pheasant. 

[GarethM]

Isn't it just the tail the Americans tend to eat, saw a documentary the other day and everything else except the tail was chucked away.

 

Free tho.

[roys]

I thought they would encourage the trapping and killing of mink in a humane way of course as are they not regarded as an invasive species that decimate our native species?

Perhaps I am just being naive.

[roys]

1 hour ago, Bob_z_l said:

Invasive species. Need a special licence.

Why is that Bob? When you don’t need it for the likes of rabbit?

Just asking because I don’t know.

[GarethM]

Signal crayfish fall under a standard free to apply for permission to trap crayfish licence, free to apply for providing you have landowners permission.

 

Rabbits fall under the general game license, if it's not on the list you can't legally hunt them.

[roys]

Thanks for that Gareth, still struggling to head my head round the logic for a license even if it is free.

Goes without saying re land owners permission.

[GarethM]

The way I've always understood it, with the notable exception of livestock obviously.

 

Is that killing a wild animal would be illegal without the general game license, which isn't an actual license but a government approved list of species that can be killed humanly should you meet the criteria.

 

For decades you couldn't shoot ringneck parakeet, invasive but illegal to shoot until about 5 years ago.

 

Without going to in-depth you actually have to use approved crayfish traps, even a mouse trap has to meet approval to minimise suffering, spring strength etc.

 

Crayfish traps also need your license number on a ID tag.

Edited August 17, 2023 by GarethM

[biggimmer]

oljSignal crayfish are a real threat to the native wildlife around rivers/riverbanks. Not only should you have killed it - it is illegal to return them. Kill as many as you can - the problems they cause are many and varied...bad, bad news...and nigh on impossible to remove.

[GarethM]

5 minutes ago, biggimmer said:

oljSignal crayfish are a real threat to the native wildlife around rivers/riverbanks. Not only should you have killed it - it is illegal to return them. Kill as many as you can - the problems they cause are many and varied...bad, bad news...and nigh on impossible to remove.

Wouldn't that also apply to the mink ?.