Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Individuals


Noble deer appeared in the territory of Latvia approximately 8 000 years ago, but to the first century of our era it disappeared. The population of noble deer, which exists at present, was introduced artificially in 17 century. The first left deer were placed into the so-called deer parks, since it was considered that they cannot survive under the wild conditions. However, into [kontse]19 of the century several deer were escape and reproduced posterity. In 1998 a quantity of noble deer in Latvia was about 20 000 individuals. Roe Roe (Capreolus of careolus) is the smallest representative of the family of deer in Latvia. Its weight rarely reaches 40 kgf - i.e., as much, large dog as weighs. The roe has ordered body, long thin feet, small head and large ears.

The boundaries of the propagation of roe are first of all limited by the depth of the snow: in the majority of the cases the roe does not live in the places, where the depth of snow more than 40 cm. in connection with this of roe with difficulty they survive under the conditions of winter; them it also threatens the growing population of wolves, vagrant dogs, and also poachers. Roe appeared in Latvia in 7 century to our era, but their quantity was less than a quantity of other artiodactyls. Of the populations of roe, just as to the populations of moose and noble deer was substituted loss by hunters, predators and diseases. In Latvia were in 1998 counted pproximately 40 000 roe. Block (wild pig) Block or wild pig (Sus of scrofa) differs from domestic pig in terms of denser body; by powerful sinewy trunk, by large head and by long feet. The skin is covered with black or dark brown bristle. In block is in winter formed also thick underfur.

The archaelogical excavations of the dwellings of the Stone Age showed that most of all they hunted on Kabanov. In the 17th Century their number began to be reduced and despite the fact that to peasants it was forbidden kill Kabanov, by 1900 these animals disappeared.

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