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Post by alienbeing on Jul 19, 2010 8:31:54 GMT 10
Durham Wildlife Trust confirms first ever raccoon sighting in the North East of england Wildlife Trust cameras have captured the first raccoon ever filmed in the North East. The North American mammal was photographed and filmed in a garden in County Durham by cameras operated as part of the North East Wildlife Trusts WildPlaces project. The owners of the house, who are not being identified, are members of Durham Wildlife Trust, and contacted the organisation to say that they had seen the animal early one morning. The WildPlaces team, which is based at the Trust's headquarters at Rainton Meadows, Houghton le Spring, set up two HD video cameras in the garden, both of which filmed the animal. During the footage, the raccoon is seen climbing a tree then taking down and opening a bird feeder to get to the nuts inside. Cheryl Nicholson Project Manager at Durham Wildlife Trust, said Just when we thought WildPlaces had captured footage of every mammal species in the North East a raccoon turns up on film! This is a remarkable event. Obviously, racoons are not native to the UK and this is the first one to have been filmed here in the wild. We have checked with Natural England, who have confirmed that last year there were three sightings of raccoons in the UK, all of them in southern England. All were suspected escapees, which we assume to be the case with our own sighting." www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Tyne-And-Wear/Sunderland/SR2/News/Local-News/170262-Durham-Wildlife-Trust-confirms-first-ever-raccoon-sighting-in-the-North-East
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Post by brillbilly on Jul 19, 2010 8:49:06 GMT 10
they are not called RAC???NS any more you have to call them....rac-ethnic-animals............lol
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Post by shatnerswig on Jul 19, 2010 10:10:59 GMT 10
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2010 0:40:05 GMT 10
Hand me my shotgun.
now dont get me wrong, I think raccoons are as cute as the next animal, but they are not native and have no place roaming the country sides of England.
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