So you're just going to rule out the possibility of a wild vagrant? Mammals have legs, you know...
Sorry- couldn't resist. Mike Cooper Ridge, LI, NY Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Stella Miller <stella.mille...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Animal Care and Control would handle an escaped or dumped exotic animal. > Unfortunately their new phone system doesn't seem to be working. > > The rangers at the refuge are aware of the situation and are on it. > > Stella Miller > > > > > "Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding > whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread > the understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is > between a rich or an impoverished existence for Man." Thomas Lovejoy > > From: Paul R Sweet <sw...@amnh.org> > To: "trhindre...@gmail.com" <trhindre...@gmail.com> > Cc: Cesar Castillo <czar3...@yahoo.com>; NYSBIRDS-L > <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 1:22 PM > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Unknown mammal - escaped illegal pet @ Jamaica Bay > East Pond Trail > > Baited Tommahawk traps would be appropriate, set in the trees. > http://www.livetrap.com/index.php?dispatch=tags.view&tag=Raccoons aI suspect > Gateway have some of these for trapping Racoons, Cats etc at the Plover sites. > > > > From: Thomas Rhindress <trhindre...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Thomas Rhindress <trhindre...@gmail.com> > Date: Friday, August 14, 2015 at 12:51 PM > To: Paul Sweet <sw...@amnh.org> > Cc: Cesar Castillo <czar3...@yahoo.com>, NYSBIRDS-L > <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Unknown mammal - escaped illegal pet @ Jamaica Bay > East Pond Trail > > Agree, It is a kinkajou - Potos flavus - native to Central America and > northern South America. Member of the raccoon familyProcyonidae. Also > illegal to keep in NYC according to the ASPCA website. Who would one contact > to attempt a capture? > > Tom Rhindress - Yorktown Heights, NY > -- > > Payroll Assistant @ Checks and Balances Payroll, Inc > NY Certified Earth Science, Biology, & 7-12 General Science Teacher > Homemaker > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
