Anyone got any info on re-wilding animals?

I want to do this effectively, not just set a bunch of animals free and hope they don't get run over or die of hunger but teach them what they need to know to survive.

Any information is appreciated

 

What animals do you want to rewilder?

 

Illegal Immigrants are not animals..

 

Well mostly animals that are normally pets like cats and dogs but anything being kept in a cage.

Def not trying to take animals out of the wild to "rehabilitate" them and them put them back though, that's just silly

 

what? :b

 

what will happen to domesticated animals you set free:

they will get worms, other parasites, various diseases/infections making the rounds [many feral cats here pick up a mouth infection that causes them to lose teeth and eventually starve to death]

even without the mouth infection they will most likely be hungry - lack of food, and the worms

they may be mauled and killed by other animals - wild animals fight, other wild and feral animals may try to kill and eat them, loose pets such as dogs will sometimes kill cats for sport [but won't usually eat them]

they will be run over by cars and trucks

if you live anyplace really cold they will sometimes freeze to death or get frostbite - i have a rescued cat with no ears or tail from frostbite

it's your karma . . . it's their misery . . .

 

There are time I really wish I could cage some people.

Or at the very least neuter them.

 

so how does one rewild an animal that was never wild to begin with?

 

i self-neutered :sunny:

 

humans teaching animals to be wild is utterly ridiculous. firstly, humans aren`t wild.

 

:facepalm:

 

if a domesticated animal is to survive in the wild, finding food, then establishing territory, then procreating. ok, now if an animal is neutered, procreating isn`t priority. & i`m entirely sure a neutered animal would "care" bout territory. certainly as a survival instinct yes. a neutered female animal would certainly be left alone. but a neutered male might possibly be picked on @ first then left alone. of course some animals run in packs or herds & some aren`t. but then lions have prides which are similar to herds or packs.i`ve no idea whether other cats have prides.

 

^^^ feral house cats will sometimes hang out together, it depends

at one place where i feed them, they all get along pretty well

at another, they are loners, and get in fights

there's no predicting cats . . .

 

indeed. i`m cat-sitting @moment. & i guess animals in general gone feral can react different ways. & i guess it can depend on urban or rural environment. sadly, in some ways we have "taught" animals that sometimes food can be too easy to get in some cases.

 

btw, "rewilders", domestic dogs and cats are considered invasive species and thus, harmful to the environment

probably most fish, reptiles and birds kept as pets would qualify thus as well

have fun wrecking the environment, assholes!

 

If you set your pet "free" in the wild it will most likely die.

 

I don't get why you put free in quotations but did you really need to resurrect this month old thread to say something everyone else already said?

and I meant shit like teaching a dog to hunt for itself, jesus fucking christ. It's not like I'm just going to open a door and let dogs run out to fend for themselves

 

I liberated chickens once, they were living large until those dogs learned to hunt chicken.

 

The higher animals learn most of their wilderness coping skills through their Mom. If they miss that window, you better leave them in captivity.

Squirrels seem to rely more on instinct and have been re-wilded okay.

It's against the law to make pets of wild creatures anyway.

 

that's very true

the feral cats in my neighborhood pass along the valuable skill of finding my porch and all the goodies i leave on it

:sunny: