AAAHHHROOOOOO! Dem Wolves!

[Billhook]

Monty Don discusses introduction of wolves.

 

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Wondered how you lot felt about not only having to to keep an eye on machinery and humans but also for what may be in dem dark woods.

[Eddy_t]

Answer has been the same since I heard the plan 5 years ago, a big, fat no! As someone who keeps animals outdoors, it would mean I would have to buy a rifle, the danger, costs and implications would see them eradicated as soon as they were reintroduced!

[skyhuck]

Answer has been the same since I heard the plan 5 years ago, a big, fat no! As someone who keeps animals outdoors, it would mean I would have to buy a rifle, the danger, costs and implications would see them eradicated as soon as they were reintroduced!

 

Why would you buy a rifle???? They would be a protected species.

[peatff]

Why would you buy a rifle???? They would be a protected species.

 

Like cows and sheep ?

[Eddy_t]

Why would you buy a rifle???? They would be a protected species.

 

 

Until someone got mauled!

As for reintroduction, were on a small, densely populated land mass. Wolves would soon be in our cities, we've already had problems with foxes and dogs, why the hell would we add wolves?!

 

For, anybody unfamiliar with the reintroduction policy, elk and bears are also on the list!

[Bewarethemoon]

Reintroduction would consider dense population areas. Surely reintroducing species into remote areas with continuous monitoring wouldn't result in the rather Daily Mail prophecy of Wolves stealing babies from peoples homes.

[Stubby]

Reintroduction would consider dense population areas. Surely reintroducing species into remote areas with continuous monitoring wouldn't result in the rather Daily Mail prophecy of Wolves stealing babies from peoples homes.

 

The " urban " fox does not discriminate , in fact there may be more townie foxes than country ones now . Might the wolf go the same way ?

[Bewarethemoon]

I guess that could be an issue but I was always under the impression that any reintroduction program would primarily involve locations as remote as the the northern most parts of Scotland, perhaps areas of Dartmoor.

 

Again with careful control measures, electronic tagging of all animals, ongoing observation etc... I think small numbers may be reintroduced at if negative effects became apparent then they could be 'nipped in the bud' before they became a an environmental catastrophe.

[Bewarethemoon]

All that said I may be a little biased hence the profile name.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Why would you buy a rifle???? They would be a protected species.

 

 

Probably to shoot himself in the foot!

 

Hahahha!