The art of hunting or fishing using trained mink. Some may see it as sport. Some may think it cruel. I think I now know why city officials do not want chicken coops in urban areas.
Plus I thought of C2 and his rat problems.
There's a few videos out on this Carter gentleman. He has a book and I'm guessing he's in the rat extermination business. Interesting that he also has a dog(s) that accompanies the mink when it's working. They complement one another as the dog is quite adept at delivering the coup de grace once the rat is flushed out. He uses mainly female minks as he explains the males are generally larger and can't get into tight spaces. He also keeps a bucket of cool water on hand so the mink, accustomed to a marine environment, can lower his body temperature which rises during the hunt.
I don't know if this Carter guy is careless, immune or if rats are germ free vermin because he handles each and every victim using his bare hands as he piles the dead and half-dead rodents up for all to see. I even saw him wipe his eye once after gathering some bodies.
Here's one vid where the mink/dog managed to nail 6 rats but there are other videos showing them responsible for a lot more carnage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjebAlfrexA
As a sidenote: I live in a rural area and even though I try to rodent proof my home there have been the odd years where mice get in. It usually happens just prior to or at the beginning of winter. I've always managed to eradicate any intruder. This year I decided to go to them before they came to me. I screwed three reliable Victor mousetraps, the hair trigger snap shut type, to my deck outdoors. I jam a sunflower seed into the clasp mechanism and check in the morning. So far since early November I've killed 28 mice of three varieties, field, house and deer mice. Deer mice I've heard carry some deadly human virus. So far I've killed 4 of them, all in the 1st 2 days and none since. I'm pleased and hope there aren't anymore nearby. I figure if the parents are killed then there's probably more newborns that don't make it also. I use tight fitting gloves to handle and bait traps. I still wash my hands after. So far no rodent has made it inside. Told my nearest neighbours and they're doing it now too, also with success.
Plus I thought of C2 and his rat problems.
There's a few videos out on this Carter gentleman. He has a book and I'm guessing he's in the rat extermination business. Interesting that he also has a dog(s) that accompanies the mink when it's working. They complement one another as the dog is quite adept at delivering the coup de grace once the rat is flushed out. He uses mainly female minks as he explains the males are generally larger and can't get into tight spaces. He also keeps a bucket of cool water on hand so the mink, accustomed to a marine environment, can lower his body temperature which rises during the hunt.
I don't know if this Carter guy is careless, immune or if rats are germ free vermin because he handles each and every victim using his bare hands as he piles the dead and half-dead rodents up for all to see. I even saw him wipe his eye once after gathering some bodies.
Here's one vid where the mink/dog managed to nail 6 rats but there are other videos showing them responsible for a lot more carnage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjebAlfrexA
As a sidenote: I live in a rural area and even though I try to rodent proof my home there have been the odd years where mice get in. It usually happens just prior to or at the beginning of winter. I've always managed to eradicate any intruder. This year I decided to go to them before they came to me. I screwed three reliable Victor mousetraps, the hair trigger snap shut type, to my deck outdoors. I jam a sunflower seed into the clasp mechanism and check in the morning. So far since early November I've killed 28 mice of three varieties, field, house and deer mice. Deer mice I've heard carry some deadly human virus. So far I've killed 4 of them, all in the 1st 2 days and none since. I'm pleased and hope there aren't anymore nearby. I figure if the parents are killed then there's probably more newborns that don't make it also. I use tight fitting gloves to handle and bait traps. I still wash my hands after. So far no rodent has made it inside. Told my nearest neighbours and they're doing it now too, also with success.