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Monday, June 05, 2006

Arctic Fox vs. Brant Goose in Death Match



Wildlife management is always tricky business. In Alaska's Yukon-Delta National Wildlife Refuge managers are planning a to to kill Arctic fox to protect the Pacific Black Brant, a goose that migrates between Mexico and Alaska and has a fragile population. A fox can grab and store hundreds of brant eggs each year, which in addition to hunting, can reduce reproduction rates tremendously. Sometimes management is needed to maintain an animal population. To be fair to hunters, in this case it appears the Artic fox is a much better predator than man, but those foxes are cute little buggers...
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2 Comments:

  • Maybe they should just introduce kibble trees around the nesting sites...

    By Blogger tattytiara, at 12:28 AM  

  • Unfortunately it isn't the Brant that the hunters are thinking about when they trap the Artic fox, it is done so some vain heartless woman can walk around in it's skin.

    The fox on the other hand is quickly losing his habitat so has to get food somewhere.

    Sad both for the Brant and for the fox.

    By Blogger Jackie, at 10:25 AM  

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