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Opossums are scavengers, and they often visit human homes or settlements to raid garbage cans, dumpsters, and other containers.They are attracted to carrion and can often be spotted near roadkill.When cornered, opossums will often play dead, but they have also been known to be aggressive.They are easily caught in cage traps, and any food, even pet food, will work as bait.FoxesThe best clue that a fox has raided your henhouse is that there will be little evidence other than a missing bird.You may find a few feathers or a wing, but a fox will usually take the bird with it unless it has been disturbed during the kill.A good dog or lights around the building will likely deter foxes, since foxes are normally quite shy.The term clever as a fox was coined for good reason.If you suspect a fox to be your predator, you should call an experienced trapper to help you catch it.Foxes are omnivores.They are solitary hunters and eat rodents, insects, worms, fruit, birds, eggs, and all other kinds of small animals.About 60 percent of a red fox’s diet is made up of rabbits and mice.Foxes are very fast animals and usually catch their prey by outrunning them.RaccoonsRaccoons are strong and intelligent animals with paws that are very dexterous.Raccoons are able to tear through poultry netting and will even pull a bird right through larger, heavier fencing if they can grab on to any part of the bird.Finding a head that was bitten off a bird is a sure sign that your predator is a raccoon.A female with kits can destroy large numbers of birds in a short period of time.Raccoons are not afraid of traps and are easily caught using fish baits, such as wet or dry cat food.CoyotesCoyotes return often to good hunting grounds.If one of these predators has raided your farm, you can bet they will be back for more.The best sign that coyotes are around are the howls you hear in the evening.A large dog can deter a coyote, but coyotes often travel in packs and know how to work together to overpower a dog.The best means to rid yourself of this kind of predator is calling an experienced trapper, securing your livestock, and adding an electric fence.Coyotes use a wide variety of vocalizations in order to communicate with one another.Family groups, that can range from five to fourteen coyotes, yelping in unison can create the illusion of a dozen or more performing together.Coyotes are most often heard around dawn and dusk.However, they may respond to sirens and fire whistles at any time of day or night.Hawks have even been known to attack through netting if they can push it down far enough to get to the chicken.In many states, raptors are protected by law.Check with your state department of natural resources or wildlife management before you try to capture this predator.If you have chickens vanish at night without a trace, you have most likely been visited by an owl.Bringing your birds into a secure coop at night is the best deterrent against owls.Larger owls catch rabbits and squirrels, and smaller ones catch mice, rats, and shrews.Owls tear large prey into pieces when they eat it.If the prey is small enough, they swallow it whole.They later cough up pellets of undigested bones, fur, scales, and feathers.These owl pellets are found under their nests and roosting areas.Larger PredatorsIn some areas of the country it is not unusual to lose livestock to mountain lions, bears, and wolves.These predators can kill larger livestock and endanger you and your family.If you suspect that a larger predator is hunting on your property, contact your local department of natural resources or wildlife management to learn about your options for removing the animal.When animals display characteristics that are unnatural, you need to suspect rabies or canine distemper.Canine distemper is actually caused by a virus.However, your domestic animals are at risk because the disease is highly contagious.Distemper affects a large variety of carnivores in North America.These animals include raccoons, foxes, skunks, weasels, and coyotes.Cases of distemper can appear as widespread outbreaks or as just an isolated case.Although the virus does not survive for very long outside the host body, a healthy animal can catch canine distemper either from direct contact with an infected animal or from its bodily secretions and waste.And because many of the symptoms an animal exhibits when it has distemper mimic the symptoms of rabies, you need to contact a physician immediately if you are bitten by an animal exhibiting any unusual behavior.The only way to be sure the animal has distemper rather than rabies is to test the brain tissue.Most of the new cases of rabies in humans involve bats.Although rabies are a possible threat from wild mammals like raccoons and foxes, the recent increase in annual cases of rabies in humans has actually been linked to bats.Of c