Facts about Otters

[mhall]

I was told by a trapper that in creeks during low water periods they can be very detrimental too the fish population.

BINGO................We have a winner. They don't have anywhere to go when trapped in pools, it's the same scenario as a pond....

[toomanycasts]

If they are native they should be there. Maybe the fish aren't gone. You might need to adapt your approach. Sounds like when people have an unhealthy fear of snakes and act irrationally.

[mhall]

So basically all these landowners that had stocked ponds that allowed limited to no fishing at all were happy as Larks. Then they see the cute cuddly little Otters show up and in a short time they have nothing...these guys are all lieing and making this stuff up.

Wooly Mammoths were here once to, if they were available should we introduce them back to the environment also? Awe Hell lets let Timberwolves go and maybe some Sabertooth Tigers while we're at it, lol...
Who are you people, lol...

[toomanycasts]

Your being rediculous. If a land owner wants to remove an otter, or other nuisance from a pond he or she dug is their prerogative. But in public water is a different story. Especially a larger creek,river, or lake. Those other species are gone because the environment couldn't support them any more or evolution got em. And it's the grey wolf and red wolf in Kentucky that suffered extinction because of
man.

[mhall]

Kumbaya me Lord Kumbaya, LOL....

[Colbyt]

If they are native they should be there. Maybe the fish aren't gone. You might need to adapt your approach. Sounds like when people have an unhealthy fear of snakes and act irrationally.

Sure that would be fine if the natural predators were proportionally brought back also.

What the "restore the species groupies" doesn't get is that it took 100s if not 1000s of years for a natural balance to be achieved. When was the last time you saw a wolf or a fox?

When we first move to the Hamburg area of Lexington in 1995 we used to have a fox that visited for a day or two every 6 weeks and then moved on. As the development persisted he quit visiting. Now we have more tree rats than we can feed. Nature over time achieves balance. Man can muddle along and restore an out of balance species here and there.

[toomanycasts]

I heard tree rats sneak in homes and steal babies in hopes of finding the next rat king. It's true I read it on the internet

[apb]

I heard tree rats sneak in homes and steal babies in hopes of finding the next rat king. It's true I read it on the internet

"Don't believe everything that you read on the internet, some of it is made up." Abe Lincoln.

[toomanycasts]

"Don't believe everything that you read on the internet, some of it is made up." Abe Lincoln.

Honest Abe, great president; better vampire slayer

[apb]

Sure that would be fine if the natural predators were proportionally brought back also.

What the "restore the species groupies" doesn't get is that it took 100s if not 1000s of years for a natural balance to be achieved. When was the last time you saw a wolf or a fox?

When we first move to the Hamburg area of Lexington in 1995 we used to have a fox that visited for a day or two every 6 weeks and then moved on. As the development persisted he quit visiting. Now we have more tree rats than we can feed. Nature over time achieves balance. Man can muddle along and restore an out of balance species here and there.

Get away from the city area and foxes are not that uncommon. See several every year. No wolves, but there are plenty of coyotes around.

Andrew