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Nutria in Ireland.

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  • #32
    Eddie B
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    Here is a good write up on invasive species in Ireland. The Coypu, and the importance of sorting this problem as quickly as possible.

    https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/irish-examiner/20170517/282050506994753


  • #33
    Cass
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    Bumping this as there is another article that they are spreading and sightings include Dublin.

    Waterworks Ireland say it'll cost millions to eradicate them, but urge people not to try and trap or harm them!

    Don't get that. Who better than hunters to control these vermin? Won't cost them a penny and we'll be more active than a "program" that as of yet is not working and when it finally does it'll be ran once or twice a year.
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  • #34
    Grizzly 45
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    They'll probably get Inland Fisheries Ireland[We're clueless!] personnel to deal with it.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

    "If you want to keep someone away from your house, Just fire the shotgun through the door."

    Vice President [and former lawyer] Joe Biden Field& Stream Magazine interview Feb 2013 "



  • #35
    Eddie B
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    No need to panic yet lol

    https://www.thejournal.ie/large-invasive-rodent-species-that-can-cause-a-lot-of-damage-spotted-along-royal-canal-4555292-Mar2019/?amp=1


  • #36
    Richard308
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    My wife came home last night (Thursday)from work and said she saw a thing cross the road in front of her, not a fox, dark brown, bigger than a cat with a fat body neck and head. Then I showed her the article and said 100% one of them. Killarney area now has them. I’ll throw out the trail camera,


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  • #37
    Eddie B
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    Richard308 wrote: »
    My wife came home last night (Thursday)from work and said she saw a thing cross the road in front of her, not a fox, dark brown, bigger than a cat with a fat body neck and head. Then I showed her the article and said 100% one of them. Killarney area now has them. I’ll throw out the trail camera,

    What about an otter? Is there a chance that is what she saw? There were several sightings around the country at the time of the sightings in Cork, including I think, Longford, Limerick, and even here in Tullamore. Now with sightings in Dublin, id say most if not all these were misidentifications. Killarney, on the other hand aint too far away from where the original Nutria escaped from, so maybe this is indeed, what she saw.


  • #38
    Richard308
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    It’s possible, it was after 10 at night, but with pine Martin, otter and mink present in the area and we have seen all three together. They were suggested by myself along with a dirty badger, she was adamant it was none of those. Such a coincidence the night before it was released in the paper. It might be one but who knows what animals have been illegally smuggled in down through the years. It might not be a nutria either.
    Eddie B wrote: »
    What about an otter? Is there a chance that is what she saw? There were several sightings around the country at the time of the sightings in Cork, including I think, Longford, Limerick, and even here in Tullamore. Now with sightings in Dublin, id say most if not all these were misidentifications. Killarney, on the other hand aint too far away from where the original Nutria escaped from, so maybe this is indeed, what she saw.


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