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Last Updated on 16.07.10
The red fox, like badgers (Meles meles) are pursued with dogs, such as dachshunds, fox terriers and jagdterriers, who are used to chase critters even in their burrows. Fox hunting (vanatoarea de vulpe) is also featured in Romanian literature and folk tales, where the cunning of the fox is a common theme.
Small game furbearers are plentiful in Romania and usually hunted with the aid of dogs and snow tracking. Species include badger European Hare (Lepus europaeus), European Pine Marten (Martes martes), Beech Marten (Martes foina), European Polecat (Mustela putorius), ermine (Mustela erminea) and weasel (Mustela nivalis). A rare animal is the marmot (Marmota marmota). Otter (Lutra lutra) can be found in the Danube Delta and other marshlands, and is hunted in winter, over iced rivers, at the breathing holes and with dogs, tracking through snow. In the same region, European mink (Mustela lutreola), muskrat (Ondatra zibethica), and raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides may be seen.)
