MUSKRAT CONTROL IN THE NETHERLANDS

Authors

W.J. Doude van Troostwijk, Wildlife Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Bezuidenhoutseweg 73, The Hague, The Netherlands

Date of this Version

March 1978

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Muskrats were introduced into Europe and have now spread over this part of the world. Their success as a colonizing species is discussed, as well as the problems they create in a man-made environment. Due to their successfulness, a strict control program has been changed to a management program in order to keep numbers below the level at which intolerable damage occurs.