NATURE & WILDLIFE

Downtown Porcupines

Season
1
Episode
8
Back to Show
Screen More Episodes

episode description

Anchorage is home to a huge number of wild porcupines, living in the city’s parks, gardens and streets. Almost twice the average size, Anchorage’s porcupines search for food here in the city, and find refuge during the bitter Alaskan winters. But life on the streets also takes its toll.Porcupines are the city’s number one roadkill. In the wild, few animals other than wolves attempt to kill porcupines, and in the city, domesticated dogs can be as big a threat to the porcupines as wild wolves. But as the one dog owner finds out, attacking a porcupine never ends well for the dog!

OTF Privacy Policy

Off the Fence (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects and uses limited personal information, such as names, email addresses and company details, to operate and improve our website, provide services, communicate with users and send relevant business communications. We do not sell personal information and only share it with trusted service providers where necessary. As a global business, data may be processed outside your country of residence with appropriate safeguards in place. Personal data is retained only as long as required and protected using reasonable security measures. You may request access to or deletion of your personal information and have the right to complain to your local data protection authority. Contact us at info@offthefence.com.