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Japanese Knot Weed
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... Nick wrote after Broadback wrote in reply to Bob Hobden wrote: Why does this make me nervous? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7531221.stm probably visions of Cane Toads in Oz or the Mongoose in Jamaica or Foxes in Oz....... I do hope the research is done properly. My thoughts exactly Bob. What else does it attack, what will keeps is under control? So many bad examples litter our history! Damn few in the UK. Most of our problems have been caused by the REMOVAL of species, causing a great gap in our ecology. The UK and Australia are entirely different - almost all of our ecology is made up of invaders; 500 years ago, very little of theirs was. Dammit, even humans and dogs have been in Australia MANY times longer than 99% (?) of 'native' UK species have been in Britain! Totally agree, but those are examples of disastrous introductions which we can't afford to emulate. I can think of a few places here where a large pack of wolves, a few bears, or maybe a lion pride would have a very sobering effect on the youf!! :-) They would probably lead to the 'youf' importing a few more AK47s and less pistols :-( Mind you a few Lynx near our allotment site would do for the rabbits nicely. Almost the first thing the lynx would do would be to suppress the competition such as foxes and feral cats, so they wouldn't necessarily have a net adverse effect on the rabbit population. Rabbits, wasn't it the Romans that introduced them? Allegedly, although it is believed the Normans were responsible for establishing many of the warrens in this country. |
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BAC wrote: Mind you a few Lynx near our allotment site would do for the rabbits nicely. Almost the first thing the lynx would do would be to suppress the competition such as foxes and feral cats, so they wouldn't necessarily have a net adverse effect on the rabbit population. Feral cats, yes, but that would help the birds considerably. Foxes are less likely, as they don't rely on rabbits for their food as much as children's stories make out. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Nick wrote after BAC wrote: Mind you a few Lynx near our allotment site would do for the rabbits nicely. Almost the first thing the lynx would do would be to suppress the competition such as foxes and feral cats, so they wouldn't necessarily have a net adverse effect on the rabbit population. Feral cats, yes, but that would help the birds considerably. Foxes are less likely, as they don't rely on rabbits for their food as much as children's stories make out. Our problems stem from no cats or foxes on our allotment site so we are constantly at war with rodents and rabbits. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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Japanese Knot Weed
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... Nick wrote after BAC wrote: Mind you a few Lynx near our allotment site would do for the rabbits nicely. Almost the first thing the lynx would do would be to suppress the competition such as foxes and feral cats, so they wouldn't necessarily have a net adverse effect on the rabbit population. Feral cats, yes, but that would help the birds considerably. Foxes are less likely, as they don't rely on rabbits for their food as much as children's stories make out. Our problems stem from no cats or foxes on our allotment site so we are constantly at war with rodents and rabbits. If you have loads of nice juicy small mammals on your site, it's surprising it doesn't seem to attract predators. |
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