The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 26, Milford, Kosciusko County, 13 July 1983 — Page 13

Summer

Young animals should be left alone

Each spring, local forest areas experience a rise in population as a wide variety of wild animals give birth to their young. Each year, a certain segment of these young animals are separated from their mothers by human beings, many with good intentions, and the lives of these animals are irrevocably altered, often with tragic results.

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According to Lyle Enyeart, Kosciusko County Conservation Officer, the problem of humans adopting young wild animals is increasing with each passing year. “It’s definitely a problem,” Enyeart said. “People think the animals are cute, and they are. The problem is decreasing as we get further into the summer,

because the animals are getting bigger, but it seemed to be worse this spring than it had been before.” Enyeart said in many cases, humans will come upon one or more young animals, such as raccoons or deer, and assume that the animals have been abandoned by their mothers. In many cases, the mother is hiding nearby for her own protection, he said, or has bedded her young away from her for their own protection, as many young animals don’t yet possess the scent that can attract predators. “Occasionally there will be a justified case of taking the animal, such as if a mother deer has been hit by a car,” Enyeart said. “We (the county conservation officers) do want to be contacted in all instances. The chances of a person properly raising a animal are slim. We’d rather take it to someone who is qualified to bring it up.” Even if an individual does raise a wild animal to adulthood, state law requires it eventually be released in its natural habitat. “This applies to every animal,” Enyeart said. “It includes rabbits, squirrels and raccoons. ”

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Enyeart said raccoons seem to be the most popular animals among local wildlife lovers. Ironically, they also present the greatest danger to human beings. “The raccoon can carry a parasite that can be contracted by a human being and prove to be fatal,” he said. “There have been several cases of this happening. That’s why I don’t take motherless raccoons home for my children to raise.” Other animals, like deer.-don’t pose many health problems, but close contact with humans may prove hazardous to the animal’s health, Enyeart said. “ People who tame a deer are making it hard on the animal because it won’t be afraid of humans,” he explained. “When deer season begins, this can be an advantage for the hunter.” Other animals that humans are prone to adopt are squirrels, rabbit, skunks and fox, Enyeart said. “The contact with squirrels is usually justified, because a tree has been taken down, or something of this nature,” he said. ““Occasionally we’ll have someone wanting to descent a skunk, or finding a young fox.” One wild animal that usually is

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not harassed by human beings is the opossum, Enyeart said. “They aren’t cute and cuddly.” he said. “That’s what attracts people to the other animals " An animal that has yet to surface in Kosciusko County but has reportedly been sited as near as

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neighboring Whitley County is the bobcat. “We’ve no confirmed sightings, but that doesn’t rule out that we couldn’t have some,” he said. “The bobcat stays away from people.”

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