Wild animal problem?

Question

I normally do not have problems with wild animals. However the other night my four dogs (the dogs are a Jack Russell, boxer mix, boxer, and a collie) went after a fisher and the youngest one got attacked in the face. Can a fisher kill a dog that is over 60 pounds? I know most of the things fishers do kill and eat are small animals. And is there a way to remove the animal if it becomes a problem without harming it?

Answer 1

Now here's the problem we're facing. You are facing a wild animal problem, the fisher is facing a domestic animal problem. Fishers do not prey on dogs. Domestic dogs tend to chase anything around because owners will usually stop them before they do anything to hurt themselves, and the dog never learns what not to do.

Fishers can turn aggressive when hunted, just like any other animals. The fisher, would not be likely to kill your dog because or it's small size compared to your canine. The fisher's biting power is vastly less than a average dog. Therefore the best way to keep casualties down is to teach your dog not to chase after the fishers. Tip: Keep your dogs on a leash and pull them back before they do something undesirable. This way they will remember not to chase after the wild animal after a few encounters.

Hope it helps:)

Answer 2

I dont think they can kill your dog but they can injure it. So i would call someone like a fish and wildlife person or animal control to relocate it if your dog keeps getting hurt.  

Your dog should not be put on a leash when you live on a 30 acre farm.

Answer 3

Typical human prejudiced opinion. Your dog didn't "got attacked in the face" the fisher was fighting for it's life, four on one. If four muggers attacked you and you smashed one in the face with a brick did you attack the mugger? Keep your dogs from ATTACKING the fisher and it will leave your dogs alone. EDIT for addict AGGRESSIVE is very different from defensive. If you are attacked and you then rip your attacker's  face up ARE YOU AGGRESSIVE OR defending yourself?

Answer 4

If you let your dogs run loose in nature..then you are just going to have to deal with the fact that they may come in contact with wildlife.  You cannot kill every animal in nature because your dogs are out there..so I really don't see what you expect as an answer if you are unwilling to make ANY changes in how you keep your dogs.  The fisher attacked your dog because your dog had it cornered..it was protecting itself.  It is not like a fisher is going to stalk and attack your dogs unprovoked.  You should never harm or kill native wildlife to protect domesticated animals that no longer have a niche in the ecosystem.  Either keep your dogs confined to one area, or just deal with them running into wildlife.

Answer 5

Like most mustelids, fishers are very strong and aggressive for their size, and can take down prey larger than they are.  They are known to take small dogs occasionally, and could probably do serious damage to a larger dog if cornered.  

Removing the fisher will do you little good in the long run.  As long as there good habitat available, another fisher will move in to fill the empty territory shortly after the original animal is removed.  You have two choices: restrain your dogs so that they can't run into any of the local wildlife, or accept that, when your uncontrolled dogs attack local wildlife, the local wildlife will sometimes bite back.

Answer 6

So it would be cruel to protect your dogs from harm?.. nice excuse. Keep your dogs in at night away from hunting predators, for thier safety.

A Fisher can't kill a dog over 60lbs, but they can seriously injure the dog. It's your responsibility as a dog owner to protect your dogs from harm, and also to protect other animals from harm by your dogs. Yuo could face a heavy fine if your dogs are caught running deer, or killing endangered or protected species.

Where I live dogs can be shot on sight for harassing wildlife, or livestock. If you ask me, it's cruel to let them run around loose in danger from wild animal attacks, poison, disease and parasites.

If you don't want to tie your dogs up, supervise them during the day and keep them in the house at night, or in a fenced in area.