Quite seriously, I really like your idea about apex predators, and support the re-introduction of wolves, lynxes and bears back into the country. Of course, the NFU would hate it, but then current farming practice seems to be about creating a blank land filled nose-to-tail with profit with no care for the health of what they sell. It would also mean that Brits have to take the green and pleasant land more seriously, not as a thing to be used but as a place to live in. Naturally there would be accidents because bad luck happens and people are stupid (Did you ever hear about the visitor to Yellowstone who smeared her child's face with honey so she could take a photo of a bear licking it?) but it would be a working eco-system, healthy and a bit more grounded, a bit more real than today's Britain.
My own thoughts on the badger population is that it needs to be monitored; we need to know how many there really are, because there's a lot of speculation. On the one hand I have heard a lot about badgers multiplying. On the other there are many tales of farmers killing badgers illegally and leaving them on the roadside; no-one is checking these bodies to see if they are starving, poisoned, shot, diseased or run over. If there are truly too many of them, we could trap, neuter, vaccinate and release a percentage of them.
Very sorry to hear about the pusscats. Peculiar badger behaviour too. Despite badgers being tough bastards, cats are usually more trouble than they're worth for Mr Brock :-(
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Date: 2013-08-29 07:54 am (UTC)My own thoughts on the badger population is that it needs to be monitored; we need to know how many there really are, because there's a lot of speculation. On the one hand I have heard a lot about badgers multiplying. On the other there are many tales of farmers killing badgers illegally and leaving them on the roadside; no-one is checking these bodies to see if they are starving, poisoned, shot, diseased or run over. If there are truly too many of them, we could trap, neuter, vaccinate and release a percentage of them.
Very sorry to hear about the pusscats. Peculiar badger behaviour too. Despite badgers being tough bastards, cats are usually more trouble than they're worth for Mr Brock :-(