About this potential release site...

[astra]

There is a potential release site:

about 200 acres of wood.
Only one house, so there are no people with free-roaming cats and dogs.

BUT....

perhaps, precisely because there are no people
this forest is REALLY wild.
The person who lives there (in that one and only house) said that there is every predator species you can think of, except for bears.

(I think, it would be much better if there were bears instead of every predator species one could think of).

Because of so many and such diverse predators, releasing human-raised babies in this area seems like putting out free dinner for these predators.
These babies will probably be eaten before they get to learn how to survive in there.
(some of them can't even climb and jump on trees yet - some of the most recent releases today started climbing a tree, tried to jump and fell :) :shakehead.
They need time to learn how to estimate distance and time to build some muscle in their legs to jump well).

So, personally, I think a place so full of diverse predators is not a good place for human-raised babies.

But, perhaps, someone has experience releasing in a place rich in diverse predators?
So - please share your opinions.

TY!

[kcassidy]

I have foxes, hawks, eagles, coyotes and crows in my 8 acres (way smaller than yours :D) and I still let squirrels go here. I think that natural predators are way more preferred than humans, dogs and cats.

Squirrels, even around humans are still wary/aware.

There are lots of trees, right?

IMO it sounds fabulous!!

[Shewhosweptforest]

I live in a rural area...I have all the raptors...and I've seen a fox...raccoons....supposedly there are coyotes :dono I have not seen them. What I have noticed is the predators...even raptors give the yard area a wide birth....precisely because it's rural I don't have the problem of yelling at a hawk sitting on a fence just watching me...that I've heard others have to deal with....the wilder the area the more skittish the wildlife ....my point being if you have a release cage in the yard...or at the edge of the yard and the babies hang close to it for a while they will be relatively safer than they would be in a neighborhood ...that's just what I've experienced here. :grin3 :Love_Icon