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Lynx reintroduction
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Phil Cook wrote: On 03/05/2015 12:43, Martin wrote: On Sun, 3 May 2015 13:28:16 +0200, Michael Uplawski wrote: Wild boar definitely attack people without provocation. I've seen it happen quite close to Toulouse. I rather think they don't. Where boar are hunted they are likely to associate the bipedal animal in its territory as a threat based on past experience. It is probably that the people unthinkingly provoke the animal by cornering it or getting between it and its young. I have been walking and encountered wild boar. It was a sounder, feeding, so I stood 200x away, made a noise, and waited until they moved away. If they hadn't? I would have backtracked and used another route. That is EXACTLY the same as what you do with the more ferocious cattle and horses. And if you walk around a bush and see one face to face? Back off, and let it do the same. I have done that with several animals, including two Cape buffalo. The reason that gunslingers are so much more likely to be killed is that they fool themselves into thinking that they are the reincarnation of Allan Quartermain, and bull straight ahead, forcing the animal into a confrontation. Or they shoot an animal that is 'threatening' them, only to discover that it was actually defending the rest of its group. Guns are a sod-awful method of defence, whether against humans or wild animals. Oh, and you know what you have to do to stop a 'charging' grizzly if you have a small gun like a .30-06? You drop to one knee, wait until it is pretty close, and shoot it through the heart. Shooting from an upright position will probably just wound it (it's skull is pretty solid, though not in a class with Cape buffalo), as will blazing away from a distance. And a wounded bear is a ****ed off bear. Now, just how many gunslingers would REALLY be cool enough to do that in an emergency? Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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