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The Encyclopedia of Animal Predators by Janet Vorwald Dohner

Author:Janet Vorwald Dohner , Date: March 13, 2018 ,Views: 235

The Encyclopedia of Animal Predators by Janet Vorwald Dohner

Author:Janet Vorwald Dohner
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Chickens;keeping chickens safe;predator-proof;predator defense;snake;crocodile;birds of prey;wolves;coyote;hawk;how to protect pets;keeping farm animals safe
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-03-28T20:12:12+00:00


Damage ID: Fisher

Note: Fishers are instinctively triggered to kill multiple birds at one time, a practice known as surplus killing.

Prey on

Poultry and rabbits

Time of day

Nocturnal, most active at dawn and dusk

Method of Kill

Animal killed by bite to back of head or neck, sometimes severing it. If first bite is elsewhere on body, fisher will grasp prey tightly and relocate bite to back of neck.

Claw marks left on body

Chicken or rabbit carried away

Chicks or young rabbits eaten whole

On a carcass, head and neck eaten; breast or rear end sometimes bitten open and intestines pulled out



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