What animal is this? Found in Longford

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  1. That’s a rare sight even though it’s unfortunately dead, probably the rarest animal we have that’s mostly unseen, they think there’s only a couple of thousand in the whole country

  2. Assuming it’s dead, but do you think there’s any sign of poisoning? If it’s poisoned, and it’s obvious who did it, you could report it to the Gards. Pine martens are protected under the Wildlife Act

  3. Oh man I saw one of these on the grand canal at Dublin/Kildare border it was so damn cute peeping out of the bushes at us.

  4. We have one of those, lives near us (West Cork) as I’ve seen it on our road when out walking my (blind) dog (who didn’t notice it!). My mum has seen it in our yard one morning too. Beautiful creature.

  5. Pine marten. They are actually on the rise, and they are indirectly helping the red squirrel population. They eat grey squirrels. Grey’s don’t have the inherent behaviours to avoid them like red Do. Reds have behaviours that don’t suit making them a meal. They live in higher and harder to reach trees, where as the Grey’s are heavier and live lower, making them more attractive and tasty.

  6. Pine Marten, some cunt farmers still kill them because they think they already ‘TB’. Which they don’t, poor farm hygiene does.

  7. Seen one running down the right hand lane on Carr’s hill outside carrigaline a few weeks ago, one of the busiest roads in cork city,
    He scrambled up a ditch and gone
    Absolutely beautiful colour,
    Hopefully he stays out of the traffic.

  8. The Irish name for these is cat crainn, tree cat! So literal, I love the descriptiveness of it. And they do kind of resemble cats.

  9. I am seeing a lot more rabbits and foxes around on my walks lately in d fields by my house while walking the dogs usually I’d see hardly any because they get hunted but since after covid seems to be way more and the other day was my first time seeing a stoat in real life in all my years walking there.

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