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| Subject: | | Re: Photo of Iberian wolf jumping wooden fence wins prestigious photography award |
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badger man
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Thu, Oct 22 2009, 5:58pm
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There are plenty of Americans who respect and appreciate nature too. But there's always some idiots who want to shoot anything. Hunting is good when it's used to control numbers like white-tailed deer hunting but hunting for wolves is just stupid. |
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| Subject: | | Re: Photo of Iberian wolf jumping wooden fence wins prestigious photography award |
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tonyc
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Fri, Oct 23 2009, 3:04pm
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Yeah, I shouldn't generalize. We have too many deer in parts of the UK too. I have no problem with people shooting and eating them, I love venison myself. But (officially) we have no (terrestrial non-hominid) predator larger than a fox or badger here. As a long-term solution I vote for re-introducing wolves, brown bears and lynx to the highlands.
The white-tailed sea eagle was re-introduced as we all know. I spent a lot of money in Mull last year that I wouldn't have done so otherwise and I'd certainly pay well to have the chance to see apex predators wild in the Highlands. I suspect the prices the locals charge could be adjusted to outweigh the odd sheep that might go missing...
And don't get me started on Caribou Barbie shooting wolves from a helicopter. That would be political suicide absolutely anywhere in Europe. |
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