Raccoons escape from an Isle of Wight zoo

[Taff]

Raccoons have been kept as domestic pets for years, got offered a few when in Hampshire, in the states people often made jewellery out of coons pecker bones, usually toothpicks or ear rings.

 

[Smellydog]

Better delete that...

 

[HonestJohn]

Better delete that...

Was it a picture of you wearing coon pecker bone ear rings?

 

[Pelyma]

It's his partners zoo he won't be saying a word

His partner owns Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, never a mention of the Z word!

 

[Camdig]

His partner owns Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, never a mention of the Z word!

The headline I read was Isle of Wight zoo, didn't relise there are few over there I am aware it wasn't his partners but if you charge people to look at exotic animals its a zoo no matter how you dress it up.

 

[Roebuck9]

I remember when I was part of a syndicate in Dumphries and Galloway and upon returning to the rented cottage in the evening after shooting I went via the shortest route and came across these two creatures that I thought must be Scotish foxes with short legs as I could see they also had a bushy tail and could not think what else they might be. they were on the ground by a farm gate and a road junction I could see them in the dipped headlights but far away and could not see their colours.

It was a while later that I came across an article in a shooting mag. that they had a Racoon problem in the area, ID problem solved.
I had seen them in USA but did not realise they had swum the atlantic ocean ha ha !

 

[timbrayford]

3 out of 4 recaptured but it's Amazon world, not Sandown zoo

 

[SunnyDays]

Wow - so did the Racoons escape in an Amazon Prime van, or are they warehouse employees?

 

[Ronin]

Currently heading to take over parliament

 

[SunnyDays]

Would shooting the raccoons be legal I wonder, assuming Open Condition and AOLQ?

 

[Scuffy]

Since when did an escaped zoo animal, that legally belongs to the Zoo become AOLQ ?

 

[rsf]

I think the Isle of Wight might have fallen to a foreign invader. Proceed on a war footing.

 

[Pedro]

Don't bother looking for them. They always wear masks.

 

[Donkey Basher]

Local radio said now only 1 left on the outside, the other 3 have been tracked down & caught.

 

[rsf]

It's always the last one that causes all the trouble.

 

[Swedish]

I rather like raccoons

 

[rsf]

great you can have them. They are not Ranger Rick.

 

[SunnyDays]

Since when did an escaped zoo animal, that legally belongs to the Zoo become AOLQ ?

Well they are legally an "invasive species" which cannot be legally released into the wild, in the UK.
Might ask my FEO just to see what knots it creates!

 

[Mickeydredd]

Well they are legally an "invasive species" which cannot be legally released into the wild, in the UK.
Might ask my FEO just to see what knots it creates!

I'd imagine the owner would sue you in a civil case rather than the legality being the issue.

 

[VSS]

I'd imagine the owner would sue you in a civil case rather than the legality being the issue.

I think it would depend upon them being clearly identifiable as "owned" animals, and the owner not having given up all attempts to recover them.