"Des Higgins" wrote in message
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"michael adams" wrote in message
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"Des Higgins" wrote in message
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They do fly around a bit as well, you see.


did you find that out by googling or did you deduce it from first
principles?

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Surely that's immaterial for present purposes ?

I only need to be guessing.

It's whether you accept it to be correct or not yourself,
that would be more relevant.

You would hardly take the claim on trust yourself, now would you?

If in fact the question of whether they do fly around or not
itself had any relevance. Which it only would, if all the carrion
on which they fed were all situated outside of the UK.

Which you must admit is not logically impossible, at least.

(Two Canada Geese on the canal bank on Saturday, when I went
to feed the pair of swans. Very bold birds CG. Which was nice)

In any case, seeing to persuade others that needlessly incinerating
hedgehogs in bonfires is something to be avoided wherever possible,
is IMO, a good thing.

And provided no other harm is being done, giving the possibly mistaken
impression that the hedgehog's only real enemy is man, can do nothing
but inculcate feelings of heightened responsibilty in those with an
concern for animal welfare who might otherwise needlessly incinerate
hedgehogs simply through thoughtlesness. As it happens, IMO the OP
needed to be persuaded to rebuild her bonfire, but that's unlikely
to happen now.

It's also as well to recognise the types of people you may come
across, on these NewsGroups

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Wednesday, 29 October, 2003

Hedgehog cull 'had support'

A majority of people in Scotland supported the cull of hedgehogs
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
in the Western Isles, independent research has suggested.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3222567.stm

/quote

hth


michael adams


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