Northern Sold 10:33 Wed Oct 14
Reintroducing Wolves to the UK
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33017511
Urban Wolves...?? Sounds good... we'll have a pack in Rochford...
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i-Ron
10:45 Wed Oct 14
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This has been going on for a long time. With the reintroduction of the LYNX in scotland too.
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team boaty
10:58 Wed Oct 14
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Got 11.75m for Matt cunting Jarvis
Fuck `em
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Eggbert Nobacon
10:59 Wed Oct 14
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ron
yeah I remember seeing a documentary about it with some posh git up in Scotland
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Far Cough
11:21 Wed Oct 14
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They reintroduced them in France, now they're culling them because they are killing livestock, well, durr...
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cholo
11:35 Wed Oct 14
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The same with otters, devastate fish stocks.
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worm
11:37 Wed Oct 14
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Wolves reintroduced in North America are starting to turn up in peoples gardens.
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peroni
11:39 Wed Oct 14
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We've got Wolves here. They take the odd sheep, but mainly stick to the wildlife. That's great that they're being re-introduced to the UK.
When they howl, my dog goes nuts.
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penners28
11:41 Wed Oct 14
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steve BULL
andy MUTCH
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Northern Sold
11:42 Wed Oct 14
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The same with otters, devastate fish stocks.
Not polution then?
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Far Cough
11:52 Wed Oct 14
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Billy WRIGHT
Ron FLOWERS
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Far Cough
11:54 Wed Oct 14
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By the way, not many people know that FLOWERS was a member of the 1966 World Cup squad
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cholo
12:02 Wed Oct 14
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Northern Sold 11:42 Wed Oct 14
Are they reintroducing pollution too? Bad move if so.
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Northern Sold
12:12 Wed Oct 14
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Cholo... more thinking that for milleniums fish and Otter/Beaver coped and thrived quite well in the UK... so why is this a problem now?? It's not as if it's an Unnatural species like that killer shrimp or whatever it is??
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OccupyGreenStreet
12:50 Wed Oct 14
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Am reading George Monbiot's book, Feral, on this. The bloke's clearly a bit of an annoying fist all round, but his whole view on 'rewilding' is interesting and there are a lot of vested interests in various (highly subsidised) industries - food, farming, fishing, agriculture - who are against any changes or reintroductions of species.
He's got a great chapter on how sheep farming completely fucked the country/landscape/ecosystem over a few centuries - sheepwrecked!
Sheep 1- Wolves 0.
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Dave Lister
1:36 Wed Oct 14
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Bring back the wolves and the Bears, and also aurochs.
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cholo
1:43 Wed Oct 14
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Sold
Fair point but there are a hell of a lot more people to cater for than millenia ago, commercial fisheries and farms, restocking rivers etc. It's a good thing in general that otters are back as it means the waterways are healthy, but it's not that straightforward, good environmental management and finding a healthy balance is the key.
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Northern Sold
1:48 Wed Oct 14
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Cholo... how many Otters we talking about here?? I thought there was only a couple hundered at tops??
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Eggbert Nobacon
1:50 Wed Oct 14
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NS
I think most of the problems with otters is when they get in amongst peoples stocked carp lakes and eat 1000''s and 1000's of quid worth
still they should put fences and stuff up!
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Northern Sold
1:53 Wed Oct 14
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Or maybe just capture them and reloacte them to a spot where there is no fisheries ... ?
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ironsofcanada
2:08 Wed Oct 14
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I love wildlife probably more than the next guy but I think this a case of trying to put the genie back in the bottle.
The British Isles have been domesticated for millennia. So if you reintroduce an animal whose natural predators/competition you have eliminated and whose natural prey you have eliminated or domesticated, it does not take a genius to work out that there will be some problems. Or at the very least you have no idea what will happen.
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