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RE: NFC: hunting pen raised pheasants
This is an excellent point. A vast majority of wild hatched animals NEVER
make it to adult breeding status. Cases in point: gambirds, sea turtles,
coral larvae and yes...gasp...just about every species of fish I can think
of. I think in most species the average survival rate is somewhat lesss
than 3%.
Food for thought folks...
On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Hemsath, Gay wrote:
> Hello All
>
> My 2 cents
>
> Has any one considered that maybe the "farm / pen raised" animals that
> have such low survival rates after being released into the "wild"
> parallels the survival rates of the wild hatch to adult survival rate.
> Pen / farm raised animals can be considered pampered compared to wild
> raised animals. In the pen we want everything to live. The rules for
> survival of the fittest parameters in the pen / farm are therefore
> totally different versus the rules for survival of the fittest
> parameters in the wide open wild conditions.
>
> Just a thought
>
> Gay
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Doe [SMTP:scottdoe at hotmail_com]
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 1998 11:57 AM
> To: nfc at actwin_com
> Subject: Re: NFC: hunting pen raised pheasants
>
>
> Sadly the same is true for most rehab animals according to Dr.
> John Whitaker. He told me once that less than a third of the animals
> that people release into the wild survive. Still a third is better than
> none in the case of rehab animals, but in other cases like domesticated
> pheasants we risk ruining native populations. An animal can harbor
> deadly pathogens and not be visibly ill. It would seem that it is
> advisable to only release animals into the wild under extremely
> controled circumstances. For instance avoid treating the animals with
> antibiotics, insure they return to their original population, and
> thoroughly examine each animal prior to release. In this case the only
> danger would be that the first generation (the released animals)might
> not have the skills to survive. Susequent generations would inherit
> genes from their native "pool", and introduced disease would be at a
> minimum.
>
> >From: CEFCHURCH at aol_com <mailto:CEFCHURCH at aol_com>
> >Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 18:26:18 EST
> >To: nfc at actwin_com <mailto:nfc at actwin_com>
> >Subject: NFC: hunting pen raised pheasants
> >Reply-To: nfc at actwin_com <mailto:nfc at actwin_com>
> >
> >Apologies is advance for non-hunters.
> >
> >Indiana has release hunts for pen raised pheasants. I
> went with an old boss >of mine to one of these hunts along with his very
> good hunting dog Katy. The >birds would rarely run or fly and Katy
> would often "retrieve them" before a >shot was fired. Being an avid
> pheasant hunter, Katy's owner described her >thoughts as being, "Boy,
> are these stupid birds."
> >
> >According to the DNR, those birds not harvested by
> hunters or dogs only rarely >survive more than a few weeks.
> >
> >Chuck Church
> >Indianapolis, Indiana USA
>
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