Raccoons In The Uk?

[Tozer 385]

Could be fun, this is from 3 years ago but I just saw something saying that they are still about in the north of England?

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/wildlife/8404497/Raccoon-Bushy-tailed-bandits-ready-to-go-native.html

 

Could be some fun bushing

[General lee 979]

I ain't seen any shame because I'd like them around here something different

[flynndog 543]

My old man had a couple when I was a baby (1990) with terriers nor far from my house where I live now

[socks 32,253]

Keeper mate of mine up north snared this a few years back .......

 

[Tozer 385]

I bet it'd be a shock if you entered the terriers and one of those came bolting out!

 

I know of a few weird things living wild in the UK, I can only imagine the damage they could do to nesting birds here, they are well established in Northern Europe/Scandinavia and russia.

[Salford black dog 113]

Over run with coons down my end

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

Ive had some fun treeing coons in Canada with my lurcher and pointer, they seem abundant over there! They often live well above ground level in hollow trees, so lamping is a good method, they are easy to bait in with feeders soaked wheat/maize works well as bait. Quite good fun to track them with the dogs as they wont run like a fox will, soon up a tree or in a den.

[squab 2,875]

Raccoon bites can trigger a neurological disease in dogs.

 

whats this all about then written at the end of the article

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

Ive heard it called coon-dog paralysis. Its not common, only affecting a small amount of dogs, in severe cases it can cause paralysis and death ( or disabled), but usually after several weeks the dog recovers, so im told.

[Salford black dog 113]

I am out lamping to nite in salford it's over run with them the bull cross will be taking 5 or 6 off them to nite there in packs

[Tozer 385]

I am out lamping to nite in salford it's over run with them the bull cross will be taking 5 or 6 off them to nite there in packs

Seriously?

[forest of dean redneck 11,698]

 

I am out lamping to nite in salford it's over run with them the bull cross will be taking 5 or 6 off them to nite there in packs

Seriously?

Pmsl he don't mean the four legged ones.

[flynndog 543]

Haha

 

I am out lamping to nite in salford it's over run with them the bull cross will be taking 5 or 6 off them to nite there in packs

Seriously?

[Tozer 385]

I didn't want to be racist!

[myersbg 1,385]

My mate over in canada had a terrier that caught coon hound paralysis,it was a John Cowan dog that i took over for him, he draged it around in a little cart for 5 weeks, drip feeding it and wiping its arse , it took about 5 months for it to recover properly, most of the dog lads put their dogs down if they get it, because most dont survive and the vet bills are astronomical,so the vets dont get to find out a lot about it.

Hunted a lot of coon over there with lurchers, terriers and plott and walker hounds, great fun and they can fight like fck.