Dec 22, 2010: Ramming Texas

[Sundae]

Interesting - never heard of hogget.
Over here we almost always eat lamb, unless you are eating in an Indian restaurant; the longer cooking times used in marinated recipes mean mutton can be used. It comes under the term gosht, which can mean lamb, mutton or even beef.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I've never heard of hogget either.
But then we don't cotton to them stinkin' sheep punchers and their root pullin' sheep, 'round these parts anyway.

[Sundae]

We get most of our sheeps from Wales or from New Zealand.
They come with a nice salty basting, if you know what I mean...

[Lamplighter]

Seattlepi.com
ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Rule restricts hunting of rare exotic antelopes

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — For years, hundreds of Texas ranchers have made big money on exotic antelopes,
with hunters paying up to $10,000 to bag just one dama gazelle, a rare animal with short horns curving outward.



Starting Wednesday, however, the U.S. government will stop allowing anyone to hunt the dama gazelle
or two other exotic antelopes native to Africa, the addax and the scimitar-horned oryx
— unless ranchers obtain a permit.

The move to give the animals full protection under the federal Endangered Species Act
is being praised by animal-rights groups that abhor such hunts
and has upset the ranchers whose efforts have led to a rise in the numbers of those exotic animals.
The ranchers say they won't be able to afford the upkeep for their antelopes
— but they also can't legally kill the entire herds or release them.
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[Coign]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

The ranchers say they won't be able to afford the upkeep for their antelopes
— but they also can't legally kill the entire herds or release them.

So is the answer then that since the Ranchers can't afford to do upkeep, they just let them starve? Then the animals "die off on their own"?

I hate when hippies go after hunters. Being originally from Minnesota I can tell you with certainty two facts. Minnesota hunters are the BEST animal conservationists. And from knowing loggers that went to school with me, if you love trees, buy paper and use wood. Loggers in Minnesota plant more trees then they cut down.

[Aliantha]

I don't understand why a country foreign to an animal would think it should give the animal protection. It seems a bit odd.

Over here, most introduced species are hunted all year round in an effort (failing) to eradicate introduced animals. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any introduced species which are protected under Australian law.

[Aliantha]

Oh, and I'm still dumbfounded that mtp has never tried lamb or mutton! That was two years ago though. I wonder if things have changed...

[xoxoxoBruce]

It's fucking stupid, brought to you by asshole vegans.

[Aliantha]

We do have deer here which are protected from hunting in that there is a bag limit of two, but they're still classed as a Class 3 pest which means you can't feed them or encourage them, but as a land holder you're not required to eliminate them by law.

[Sundae]

I understand there was another large volunteer cane toad cull just this week.
Although from what I gather that's another species whose eradication is pretty much year round.

[Aliantha]

They're worst in the summer, and you can go out and kill 20 or 30 in an hour or so without too much trouble if you live in the northern states. They tend to hibernate a bit in the winter when you get a bit south, but they're still around if you look a bit harder. They're easy to find all year round right up north though. They're a menace and should be eliminated.