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Lynx reintroduction
On Sun, 03 May 2015 11:59:52 +0100, Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article , Chris Hogg wrote: [] and culling by a trained marksman is surely more humane that being chased, brought down and gored to death by a lynx. Ye gods and little fishes - just HOW many errors can you introduce into a simple sentence? The most problematic deer are muntjac and roe, which are woodland animals - dense cover in the first case - and both live in densely populated areas, including suburbia (especially the former). There are also damn-few people in the UK who know how to shoot safely under such conditions - and a much larger pool of 'trained marksmen' who are little better than official and trigger happy gunsels (e.g. police firearms officers). We SO want such people firing high-velocity 0.24"+ rounds in such places! Also, lynx do not have horns, are not cursory predators, and kill (like most cats) by biting the throat, leading to a quick death or escape. They also kill the old, ill and weak animals, reducing the number that die a lingering death, unlike hunters who prefer healthy animals. And, on another topic, lynx are very shy and almost never eat pets in the areas where they coexist. I agree that the hysteria of the seriously ignorant British public would be a major problem, as would the objections of those who breed peasants, sorry, pheasants for slaughter. And, no, I am not one of the "Don't shoot the little birdies" brigade - I have done it myself, but not like that. Our woodlands are facing a catastrophe, and so are many of the woodland birds and animals, because of the uncontrolled deer population. In the 1950s, it was kept down by farm dogs roaming free at night (and shooting them with shotguns), but they have got out of control since that stopped. We desperately need lynx back, and we need them back NOW. That's a good post, and I agree with all of it, so I didn't snip it. Those of use that live with deer love them, but there need to be far fewer. -- Gardening in Lower Normandy |