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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691167411. Spotte, Stephen (2014). Free-ranging Cats: Behavior, Ecology, Management. Wiley. ISBN 9781118884010. Thomsen, Søren Bay Kruse (11 November 2022). "The Flightless Wren and the Lighthouse Cat". TheExtinctions.com
The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...
The most frequent natural cause of death in the North American raccoon population is distemper, which can reach epidemic proportions and kill most of a local raccoon population. [207] In areas with heavy vehicular traffic and extensive hunting, these factors can account for up to 90% of all deaths of adult raccoons. [ 208 ]
“As with any wild animal it could be dangerous in the right circumstances,” officials said. Wild African cat kept as pet is on the loose, Illinois officials say. Do not approach
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By 1885 a raccoon pelt sold for approximately 25 cents, a fair price for the time. Up to World War I raccoons were very common despite being hunted often, and were sometimes poisoned to keep them from destroying crops. [8] Raccoon fur car coats were a fashion trend in the 1920s, leading to high pelt prices and an increase in hunting and trapping.
Paul believes many of the big cats were pets dumped after the introduction of 1976's Dangerous Wild Animals Act. "People used to have them in their flats," he says.
Globally, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List [1] but is a Conservation Strategy Species in Oregon [2] and Fully Protected in California [3] The species is known by a variety of names, such as ring-tailed cat, miner's cat, civet cat, and cacomistle (or cacomixtle), though the last of these can refer to B. sumichrasti.