This Snowshoe Hare has a red pin through its ear — clearly, it is a harepin.
Subscribers will be aware that I delight in having a hare in residence. When I saw yesterday’s lad, I initially assumed that it was my hare in residence. Apparently, not. That this particular hare is not actually my regular visitor is evident from the red pin in its ear — something not seen around the yard before.
Yet, this does raise an interesting question: Who is tagging local snowshoe hares? And why are they doing so?
A Snowshoe Hare in my yard bears a red pin through its ear. Why?
Catching up with the times and having piercings done! LOL!
That’s a tiny tag; unless it’s a chip than can be read at a distance it’s not of much use unless the animal is in hand.
Woody, agreed. Which is why this RFID tag makes little sense to me; It is only readable within tens of centimetres, and so can be used for ID, but not tracking. Why was it implanted?