On 13/05/2015 22:24, Christina Websell wrote:
"Phil Cook" wrote in message
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On 12/05/2015 20:56, Christina Websell wrote:
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On 04/05/2015 21:58, Christina Websell wrote:
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I don't see the need for the re-introduction of species that have died
out from the UK, just because they used to be around decades or
centuries ago. Move on!

Agree.

Tell that to all the folk making a mint from the ornithological tourism
in
the Hebrides and West Highlands after the re-introduction of the white
tailed sea eagle.


Which is not quite the same as having lynx, is it? they will be a
perfect
nuisance around poultry and sheep. I say NO.

I've seen a white tailed sea eagle facing off with a ewe over a dead lamb.
Those birds aren't small.
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and your point is?
There not room for lynxes (or wolves) to be reintroduced here and I just
wish people would stop banging on about it.
Yes once upon a time we had them, in the 17th century. i have enough
nuisance with foxes without lynxes or wolves being reintroduced.

People said (and some still do) that there was no room for white
tailed sea eagles either. My point is that the reintroduction of them
has resulted in a boost for the tourist industry. It is estimated that
the 6,000 people visiting the island of Mull to see the eagles created
a £2 million boost to the local economy in 2010.
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Phil Cook

Phil Cook wrote:

On 13/05/2015 22:24, Christina Websell wrote:
"Phil Cook" wrote in message
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On 12/05/2015 20:56, Christina Websell wrote:
"Phil Cook" wrote in message
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On 04/05/2015 21:58, Christina Websell wrote:
"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
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I don't see the need for the re-introduction of species that have died
out from the UK, just because they used to be around decades or
centuries ago. Move on!

Agree.

Tell that to all the folk making a mint from the ornithological tourism
in
the Hebrides and West Highlands after the re-introduction of the white
tailed sea eagle.


Which is not quite the same as having lynx, is it? they will be a
perfect
nuisance around poultry and sheep. I say NO.

I've seen a white tailed sea eagle facing off with a ewe over a dead lamb.
Those birds aren't small.
--
and your point is?
There not room for lynxes (or wolves) to be reintroduced here and I just
wish people would stop banging on about it.
Yes once upon a time we had them, in the 17th century. i have enough
nuisance with foxes without lynxes or wolves being reintroduced.

People said (and some still do) that there was no room for white
tailed sea eagles either. My point is that the reintroduction of them
has resulted in a boost for the tourist industry. It is estimated that
the 6,000 people visiting the island of Mull to see the eagles created
a £2 million boost to the local economy in 2010.

Given that most people never see the 100,000s of deer that cover most of
the UK, I very much doubt that most people would ever see a Lynx.

And there are areas of the UK where there is plenty of room of Lynx as
well as people - Mid-Wales, Thetford Forest, parts of N England and
Scotland.

I imagine the first reintroductions will be with radio-tagged animals
which can be tracked and carefully monitored.

I would also add, that in my opinion, wild Lynx are going to be a lot
less dangerous to people and live stock than some of the dogs that are
running around our cities and countryside. Near where I live, the same
dog has killed and injured something like like 10 sheep and lambs over
the past couple of months. The farmer has, so far, restrained himself
from shooting the dog - many farmer would have shot the dog as soon as
they saw it worrying sheep.

Larry

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(Larry Stoter) wrote:

Phil Cook wrote:

On 13/05/2015 22:24, Christina Websell wrote:
"Phil Cook" wrote in message
...
On 12/05/2015 20:56, Christina Websell wrote:
"Phil Cook" wrote in message
...
On 04/05/2015 21:58, Christina Websell wrote:
"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...

I don't see the need for the re-introduction of species that have died
out from the UK, just because they used to be around decades or
centuries ago. Move on!

Agree.

Tell that to all the folk making a mint from the ornithological tourism
in
the Hebrides and West Highlands after the re-introduction of the white
tailed sea eagle.


Which is not quite the same as having lynx, is it? they will be a
perfect
nuisance around poultry and sheep. I say NO.

I've seen a white tailed sea eagle facing off with a ewe over a dead lamb.
Those birds aren't small.
--
and your point is?
There not room for lynxes (or wolves) to be reintroduced here and I just
wish people would stop banging on about it.
Yes once upon a time we had them, in the 17th century. i have enough
nuisance with foxes without lynxes or wolves being reintroduced.

People said (and some still do) that there was no room for white
tailed sea eagles either. My point is that the reintroduction of them
has resulted in a boost for the tourist industry. It is estimated that
the 6,000 people visiting the island of Mull to see the eagles created
a £2 million boost to the local economy in 2010.

Given that most people never see the 100,000s of deer that cover most of
the UK, I very much doubt that most people would ever see a Lynx.

And there are areas of the UK where there is plenty of room of Lynx as
well as people - Mid-Wales, Thetford Forest, parts of N England and
Scotland.

I imagine the first reintroductions will be with radio-tagged animals
which can be tracked and carefully monitored.

I would also add, that in my opinion, wild Lynx are going to be a lot
less dangerous to people and live stock than some of the dogs that are
running around our cities and countryside. Near where I live, the same
dog has killed and injured something like like 10 sheep and lambs over
the past couple of months. The farmer has, so far, restrained himself
from shooting the dog - many farmer would have shot the dog as soon as
they saw it worrying sheep.

Larry

If anything is to be introduced, I say it should be beavers. Cuddly!

On a more serious note, there is a letter from Iolo Owen of Bodorgan,
Anglessey, in Farmer's Weekly 13 March 2015 saying that grey squirrels
have been eradicated from Anglesey as an alien as required by EU
regulations enacted in November last year and coming into force 1
January this year. There's no doubt that grey squirrels are an alien
species, but he goes on to say that the red fox is *alien to
Anglesey*, being introduced only in the 1970s, and it should also be
eradicated under the same terms.

OH WOW!

Michael Bell


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If anything is to be introduced, I say it should be beavers.

They already have been, in Scotland.

Janet

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If anything is to be introduced, I say it should be beavers.

They already have been, in Scotland.

Janet


Beavers are OK in Scotland where there is room for them. Lynxes will be a
nuisance. No lamb will be safe. Nor poultry.

On 15/05/2015 22:43, Christina Websell wrote:
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If anything is to be introduced, I say it should be beavers.

They already have been, in Scotland.

Janet


Beavers are OK in Scotland where there is room for them. Lynxes will be a
nuisance. No lamb will be safe. Nor poultry.


But they may scare the sh.. out of the moles

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On 15/05/2015 22:43, Christina Websell wrote:
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If anything is to be introduced, I say it should be beavers.

They already have been, in Scotland.

Janet


Beavers are OK in Scotland where there is room for them. Lynxes will be a
nuisance. No lamb will be safe. Nor poultry.


But they may scare the sh.. out of the moles

grin I'd prefer to have moles.

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If anything is to be introduced, I say it should be beavers.

They already have been, in Scotland.

Janet


Beavers are OK in Scotland where there is room for them. Lynxes will be a
nuisance. No lamb will be safe. Nor poultry.

You may be amazed to hear that in Scotland there are VAST areas
unoccupied by humans, sheep or farmed poultry.

Janet

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"Janet" wrote in message
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If anything is to be introduced, I say it should be beavers.

They already have been, in Scotland.

Janet


Beavers are OK in Scotland where there is room for them. Lynxes will be a
nuisance. No lamb will be safe. Nor poultry.

You may be amazed to hear that in Scotland there are VAST areas
unoccupied by humans, sheep or farmed poultry.

Janet

No I am not amazed. My father was a Scot.