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Old 12-05-2008, 10:47 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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"Mary Fisher" writes:
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| | What risks are there from mice???
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| Try infection :-)
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| How?
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| Mice run away from humans, unless they're pets.

All I said was that they were more danger to humans in the UK than
spiders are :-)Bizarre.

| I suspect more humans acquire infections from dogs and cats than forom any
| other fauna.

In the UK and except for other humans, yes.

| You should watch where you're walking. If you tread on them you deserve to
| be stung.
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| I walk about the garden with bare feet and have never been stung.

I have bumblebees that nest in the lawn, and sometimes visit flowers
that are invisible under the grass. Your eyesight must be very
exceptional - are you, perhaps, allergic to kryptonite? :-)

| You also need people who are capable of stalking them, shooting safely,
| willing to put the time in, and allowed to do so. Those used to be
| common characteristics, and are now very rare.
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| Not VERY rare, perhaps more rare.
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| My game supplier always has lots of venison.

I believe that most of the venison eaten (let alone sold) in the UK is
now farmed, and the majority of the rest is from a small number of
large landholdings. Essentially none comes from the roe and muntjac
in the smaller woodlands of the south and midlands, where the problems
are.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.