![]() Moving or touching them may do more harm than good. Don't assume young animals have been abandoned by their parents. Animals often leave their young alone for several hours.If you're bitten by a sick animal, it's likely the animal will have to be killed to be tested for rabies. Always wear gloves when touching an injured or sick animal. If an animal appears sick, it may not be safe to touch it.Surround gardens with plants deer dislike, like persimmon, lilac, boxwood, jasmine, holly, pepper tree, wax myrtle, century plant, and narcissus (daffodils) and iris. Plant crops and gardens away from forested areas.Don't leave livestock food outside and easily accessible. If possible, feed livestock inside, in a barn or shed.Other taste and odor repellants vary in their effectiveness. For deer, repellants like human hair, small sacks of bone meal, or soap, appear to be of limited effectiveness.Pick up fallen fruit to reduce the attraction.Electric fences can be effective deterrents, as can other types of sturdy fencing. Bears and raccoons are attracted to compost piles and fruit trees and bushes.Attracting deer will also attract their hunter, the mountain lion. Wild animals do best on their own, with minimal interaction with humans.Screen your roof and crawlspace vents and cap your chimney, to prevent animals from seeking shelter in or under your house.If possible, store your can inside, in a garage, shed, or wooden garbage-can enclosure. It's important they don't learn to see your home as a source for food. Pet food attracts wild animals like raccoons and bears. Don't feed pets outside on a deck, or near your house. Keep wild animals wild - don't feed them.If you continue to have a problem, you may need to contact a commercial pest removal company. Follow these tips to reduce the possibility of problems from living near wildlife. Diseases include rabies and bubonic plague. In addition, while most wild animals are healthy, some may carry diseases which can be transmitted to you and your family members, or your pets. ![]() ![]() Living near them may mean problems or danger for you and your pets or livestock, and for them. Because we live near open land, we often encounter wild animals, sometimes on a regular basis as our "neighbors." "Wild" means just that - these animals don't understand how to live with humans. ![]() No one knows for sure why they are here.In addition to its human residents, Placer County is home to lots of wildlife, from raccoons and squirrels to bears and mountain lions. The cattle are important as a scientific marvel – Charles Darwin was a fascinated visitor – but also important because of their magic and mystery. “There are certainly animals I would take you a little close to and others I wouldn’t,” says Waddington. Generally, the cattle could not care less about human observers, and the biggest danger might be from a mother that has calved for the first time and will be hyper-alert to possible threats. It would have to be an incredibly stubborn animal that would carry on until it was dead.” When a younger bull challenges, there can be a full-on fight, although rarely to the death. The cattle live in smaller subherds with dominant bulls. If there is a calf that’s weak and isn’t able to make it then it dies. It’s the biggest, strongest bulls that win those fights and pass on their genes. “They have been breeding for survival so the bulls will fight for dominance. “It is kind of a marvel that they’re still here and standing because realistically, when you look at animals that do inbreed over a long period of time, they become infertile and they die out.” “These guys are incredibly inbred,” she says. They have had no human interference for centuries and have not been subject to the breeding processes that other cattle have gone through to improve meat or dairy output. Waddington says the wild cattle are some of the most inbred animals in the world. Quite why the cattle were brought to what was a deer park in Northumberland, perhaps 700 years ago, is unclear. The only way to see them is by taking a tour organised by a charity that manages the park and conserves the landscape. They live as wild animals and are not handled by anyone or treated by vets. This year, there are about 130 cattle, so they are far more rare than mountain gorillas or pandas. Ellie Waddington, the head warden at Chillingham.
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