Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
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- Cwmbach, South Wales
A hell of a lot seem to want to go fox hunting as well. Hence my original point. If there a two discrete groups then I stand corrected.
Proposed badger cull
- Thread starter Cycling Naturalist
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A hell of a lot seem to want to go fox hunting as well. Hence my original point. If there a two discrete groups then I stand corrected.
OP
OP
Cycling Naturalist
Guru
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- Llangollen
The problem is that population dynamics and disease vectors is one of the most complex problems in science.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
But it is easy to resolve this complex equation with a gun?
Becs
Veteran
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- Old Hatfield (it's nice honest!)
There's nothing easy about it. DEFRA is just trying to do it's best with the resources it's got in a very complex and distressing situation.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
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- Cwmbach, South Wales
Excuse me. I am just trying to understand why a culling always seems to be the first choice for dealing with such problems.
Becs
Veteran
- Location
- Old Hatfield (it's nice honest!)
It's not the first choice, but sometimes it is necessary (along with movement restrictions, widespread disease monitoring etc) to control large outbreaks of notifiable diseases, for example foot and mouth.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
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- Cwmbach, South Wales
As I recall barrier farming was introduced after a cull failed? If my memory is incorrect than I hold my hands up.
Becs
Veteran
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- Old Hatfield (it's nice honest!)
Maybe you could email DEFRA with some of your ideas incase they haven't thought of them?
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
It wouldn't be the first time I have done so.
Dragonwight
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Some 20+ years ago i remember bumping into a friend who had his leg all done up in bandages and was hobbling around when i asked what happened he explained he had been out lamping and had mistakenly shot at a badger and missed. Anyway it came hoofing it up the hill and bit him right through his boot to the bone now thats payback.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
Some 20+ years ago i remember bumping into a friend who had his leg all done up in bandages and was hobbling around when i asked what happened he explained he had been out lamping and had mistakenly shot at a badger and missed. Anyway it came hoofing it up the hill and bit him right through his boot to the bone now thats payback.
Karma has a great sense of humour
Dragonwight
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Karma has a great sense of humour
I know what you mean about the gun thing though i grew up in the sticks back then everyone had guns in fact there were probably more guns than the army had. You can imagine what a 14yo is like with a automatic .22 air rifle they want to shoot everything in sight. And when you were older enough you got a 4/10 or 12 bore like dad!!
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
I have shot a .22 at tin cans and a bolt action rifle on an army range in Berlin. TBH neither gave me any real pleasure. A handgun might be different but I never had that opportunity.
Dragonwight
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Yer we used to go shooting as cadets .303, 7.62mm etc it was always funny being down in the butts, we used to have to fill in the holes where people had hit the targets with paste and paper. Until the re barrelled bren gun opened up on it then there was just one big hole unless the guy that was shooting was a poor shot at which point everyone just hid.lol
