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Terrapins Uk, Should they stay?
Sorry...I did know it was claw but brain not in gear when I typed tail... there's a small population of the white-clawed crays close to where I live so they are top of the list for local enviromental controls. They were almost wiped out a few years back by a spillage of diesel, thankfully the...- Keith Dickinson
- Post #21
- Forum: Conservation
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Terrapins Uk, Should they stay?
The terrapins that have been released into the wild in the UK are not going to meet their preferred 90% vegetation and 10% animal diet, most of the places where you find these in the UK are ponds and small lakes where the water plants are going to be eaten extremely quickly, leaving the animal...- Keith Dickinson
- Post #14
- Forum: Conservation
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Terrapins Uk, Should they stay?
The signal crayfish is decimating the population of the native white-tailed crayfish. There are only a few areas of the country where there are viable populations of the white-tailed. I wouldn't put the mink problem down to just one mink farm, and certainly not as late as the 90's, I can...- Keith Dickinson
- Post #12
- Forum: Conservation