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The invasive raccoon species that appeared in Neringa a few years ago is spreading rapidly. People meet these animals in Juodkrante, Preila, and even Nida. Naturalists are not happy with a neighborhood like this. It is noticed that more and more invasive species appear in the resort.
Steal apples
The naturalist and hunter Gediminas Gražulevičius said that hunting a raccoon is a serious challenge.
“You can’t shoot them in the city. Oh, it’s hard to see. They are usually close to the settlements, because they find food there,” said G. Gražulevičius.
Some people from Neringa admire unusual creatures, others fear the spread of disease.
The Preiliškės say that every night they meet a raccoon that houses the shipyards. The animal often turns to chew fallen apples.
Juodkrantiškės observed a female raccoon with two cubs. And this shows that these animals have adapted well and reproduced quickly in Neringa.
“The people themselves are to blame. They probably brought him in and released him. Although they are small, they are very beautiful and nobody wants to stay with the adults. The raccoon will turn everything around at home, it will cause problems,” said the naturalist.
Saw a raccoon in the nest
“It is difficult to count how many there are now. But it is really increasing. In Juodkrante, a person, climbing a cormorant nest to band birds, saw a raccoon descend,” laughed G. Gražulevičius.
Enclosures: R. Žemaitaitis, who raises deer in Rusnė, names spotted deer as extremely dangerous to native species. / Personal file photo.
Raccoons are American animals, they have no natural enemies in Neringa. Raccoons, which have easy access to bird nests, destroy all wing species. This creature also successfully feeds on other small animals.
The locals already claim that raccoons are scarier than raccoon dogs.
“It will happen in the same way as with Neringa fungi. There are no others, some balechi, which are an invasive species. The situation is similar with water: local fish are replaced by invasive deer. Spotted deer have recently appeared in Neringa.” . “I don’t know how they got here. Maybe someone brought it too? Right, maybe they came from established kennels in Rusnė?” – thought the naturalist.
Already spreading in freedom
The politician Remigijus Žemaitaitis, who blows horns in Rusncted, reacted fiercely to such a prediction by G. Gražulevičius.
“I only have deer and deer, which are native species. Spotted deer are the evil of evil. Parasites. Spotted deer breed with red deer, this is a very dangerous species for our natives. I myself visited the beach with children and near Giruli two days ago. I saw four spotted deer, “said R. Žemaitaitis.
R. Žemaitaitis / Photo by Gediminas Bartuška
The man speculates that the spotted deer entered the forests of Seaside Regional Park by jumping fences or fleeing the farmers’ stalls where they are raised.
Raccoons move to Kintai
“They are more likely to have come to Neringa from the Kaliningrad region. For many years, the Russians have been building stained deer enclosures in arid lands and raising these animals there. It is unlikely that they came to the peninsula with water but ice. Consequently, it could really get to Kintas with ice, “said R. Žemaitaitis.
According to him, there are spotted deer farms in Poland and Latvia.
“Neither my father nor my grandfather would forgive me if invasive animals spread from my enclosures into the wild. If the spotted deer population spread, the native species would become deformed,” said R. Žemaitaitis.
Propagation: Naturalists of this invasive species of spotted deer can be seen not only in Neringa, but also in coastal forests. / Photo Ministry of the Environment.
The spotted deer were brought to Lithuania in 1954. and it runs in the Dubrava forest.
Spotted deer pose a threat in the wild not only by displacing native species, damaging agriculture, particularly destructive habitats, interbreeding with red deer, and producing viable young, but also by transmitting a rare parasite that is dangerous to wild boars and bison.
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