Dear all, I am on the scrounge for any mink and polecat carcasses that might appear on Gower / Swansea roads between now and March 2010. I would be extremely grateful if you were able to either contact me if you have a body or if you are able to pick them up for me that would be grand! The bodies are needed for a variety of projects this year including:
Individual Diet / diet overlap between the two species
To obtain DNA samples from polecat / polecat-ferrets for an in-depth study on how genetically “pure” British polecats actually are
To screen the animals for a number of diseases and parasites determine the current activity / distribution of these two beasties in the area any assistance (or reports of live sightings) would be very much appreciated,
many thanks
Dan
Dr Dan Forman CBiol.MIBiol.EurProBiol.
Conservation Ecology Research Team
Department of Pure and Applied Ecology
Institute of Environmental Sustainability
Swansea University
Singleton Park
Swansea
SA2 8PP
U.K.