08-08-2007, 06:52 AM | #106 |
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Who knows? Maybe they're rabid? They could have all sorts of disease, and also, if they're wild and they're living in areas where small children play, who's to say they wont catch one for food one day? ( I mean the dogs catch the child of course )
Feril animals in general are a problem one way or another. Ask anyone who lives on the land.
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08-08-2007, 07:17 AM | #107 |
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08-08-2007, 07:36 AM | #108 |
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Feral does not mean dangerous. Just because they have thrown off the yoke of oppression, by the opposable thumb can openers, doesn't mean they should be assassinated.
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08-08-2007, 07:41 AM | #109 |
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I thought feral meant wild, not freed by humans.
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08-08-2007, 07:46 AM | #110 |
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Usually it's used to describe critters, or their descendants, that were formerly tame and have reverted to the wild. Lions, tigers, etc, are not feral.
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We have feral cats in the valley. They're not really a problem.
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08-08-2007, 08:08 AM | #112 |
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08-08-2007, 03:11 PM | #113 |
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They are for the birds, squirrels, rabbits and other small ground dwellers.
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*shrugs* the neighbourhood Toms go hunting in the valley and the woods. Nature red in tooth and claw.
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08-08-2007, 08:57 PM | #115 |
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Are you serious Dana? you dont see ferel cats as a problem?
They are a HUGE problem here, they have wiped out (or near) many of our little marsupials and the native birds take a real hiding. Lots of cats are kept in doors at night and plenty of houses now have cat runs, so the cats are never unleashed on the wildlife. |
08-08-2007, 09:05 PM | #116 |
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Feral cats are a HUGE problem.
We used to have robins, no more, because of feral cats and people who lets their cats out, which are feral cats. On the ranch we shot them. |
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08-08-2007, 11:32 PM | #118 |
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Nah, not much is a threat to the Roo and Wombat (except a threat of the 2 legged and 4 wheeled type).
Actually, not too many of our marsupials are threatened to extinction by our native predators....its been the introduced species that have caused most of the danger. The majority of the restrictions are for disease, we dont have rabies etc....but we have been bitten badly by introduced species. Ones that have been introduced to eradicate other pests (introduced species usually). |
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08-09-2007, 12:06 AM | #120 |
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What drives me nuts are the lunatic pussies who freak out and try to stop the killing of feral species.
Makes no sense, just wipe them out... what is the issue? We have that problem here with pigs, cats, those fucking ducks... don't want them dead, bring them into your home. |
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