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 <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: Cesar Castillo <[email protected]>; NYSBIRDS-L
<[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Thomas Rhindress <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, August 14, 2015 at 12:51 PM
To: Paul Sweet <[email protected]>
Cc: Cesar Castillo <[email protected]>, NYSBIRDS-L
<[email protected]>
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
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