I agree with Michael. It is a serious ecological crime to release exotic
species of animals into a habitat that has no defenses against it. Not to
mention inhumane treatment of the animals which have never learned how to
forage or defend themselves against the inherent dangers of wild living.
How old is this "friend" anyway? If she is a minor than her parents should
also be held responsible.
>There is some anecdotal evidence of gerbils surviving after being released,
>but the likelihood is that most will die.
>
>There's one thing you can do -- and that is call up your local wildlife
>program and report your friend. She committed a crime, most likely, by
>releasing non-native animals into the environment and abandoning pets. If
>the gerbils do survive, they could muck up the local ecology something
>fierce.
>
>Yeah, no one likes to rat out their friends, but she shouldn't be dumping
>animals in the woods, either.
>
>Michelle
>Flutist
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