"~ jan" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:08:15 -0600, Zëbulon
wrote:
No Heron is going to carry an adult koi several miles and drop in
anywhere.
Happened here. Got members of the club to prove it. Fish wasn't theirs,
that was dropped in their pond, 12-18" of dead koi.
Well it looks like we'll all have to net our ponds. BTW the herons here are
the small ones about the size of a banty rooster.
Also Jan, the tub that fish was in was not netted because she was too
large
for a heron or kingfisher.
Well just how large was she?
Her body was excluding the tail was 18" or more. She outweighed the little
green Herons by several pounds.
I also assume most ponds are not netted, and pox, not being fatal, is not
an
uncommon infection. I have seen it on local pond tours and few of those
ponds were netted.
Right, but ornamental ponds are a tad less accessible then stock ponds in
the middle of fields.
That don't apply here since herons will sit right on your roof or garage
until you go in - then they're right on your pond rim fishing. They take
fish from ponds in towns. You may be talking about a different heron.
Of course it is. But I can't stop a snake or snapper from getting through
a
net and carrying off a fish and dropping it somewhere either.
Snakes & snappers don't do this, the eat on the spot.
So do the herons we have here. A few gulps and the fish is gone. In ever saw
one pick up a fish larger then itself and carry it off.
There is no way anyone can guarantee any fish kept outside will not
be hauled off by some predator.
Stating obvious.... You never mentioned the size of the fish.
And *no one bothered to ask* before going for my throat. So let me repeat
this for posterity. Before this koi was turned out in the farm pond the
whole top of her dorsal fin was amputated to remove the waxy growth
beforehand. I had permission to put fish in this pond from the landowner who
liked the idea (misquito control). I knew he couldn't keep fish in this
pond due to predators and this pond is right near a dwelling. I knew this
fish stood no chance but allowed nature to take it course. When I went back
with some goldfish culls I didn't see her so can only assume some raccoon
had a good dinner.
Before jumping on the bandwagon perhaps a few questions asked would be
helpful instead of immediately going for the throat... something that
never
happened on this group before.
Now you're lashing out.
Why not jan? Everyone else seems to feel they can lash out at me and say
anything they want. They lash out and jump on everything I say. Everything
has to be explained down to the last minute detail. Why and *I* held to a
different standard? Why didn't you do this to the other poster to
recommended shooting and killing a protected bird, never mentioning it was
both illegal and immoral here in the USA? Why are there different standards
for different posters here?
I in no way went for your throat, if I did you
would be choking, heck I didn't even come close to any of your body parts.
My reply was civil, on topic and part of the discussion. It contained no
personal attack.
Then please ask for details before lecturing me on illegally "dumping
diseased" fish in waterways.
Your combativeness just floors me. Proving once again
that one can't have a discussional disagreement with you without you
seeing
it as a personal attack. s ~ jan
You're lecturing me on wildlife laws I'm well aware of without asking me for
more information *FLOORS* me - since you never did this to anyone else. Why
do it to me? This proves once again you hold me to a different standard
than you hold the other posters here - even when they recommend the illegal
killing of a protected species.
I don't want to hear it's legal to kill Herons in the UK because he didn't
tell the poster that - and YOU never said a word!!!! God help me if I
posted something like that.
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ZB....
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rec.ponder since late 1996.
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