Originally Posted by
harvey_s
Presumably they don't normally move into peoples houses do they?
And I'm guessing most people don't have too many young trees in their gardens either.
But even then they seem to populate many woods without detriment to where they live...
Inl9ve squirrelss if they are red. If they are grey they are an invasive species and should be dealt with.
So presumably, you are also happy about signal crayfish and japanese knotweed and asian hornets.
To give yo an example, fe4al cats now (according to anprogramme I watched) occupy 99% of Auz and hav3 been responsible for 24 or 28 extinctions of native species.
Rabbits were brought in and the problem was so big some twat used biological warfare on them with mixxy. Personally, I hate biological introduction and RVHD has made anbigger dent than mixxy ever did.
Presumably your ok with rabbits too as they arencute n fluffy......?
Even the badger has now got some mythological aura to it but as it unfortunately transmitsnbovine TB, its f8nancial impact on farmers and the financial comp3nsation that comes out of our pockets is HUGE.
Whilst it is early days... management methods such as shooting and or inocculation seem tonhave had a big impact on level of infection.
So yeah... I get why people have a downer on greys, bunnies... even munties. Out waterways are decimated by signals and even closely packed traps doesnt touch the sides with eggs in the river beds wait g tonhatch and spread the pox like thenflgrey does to the red.
Nor have you had to spend thousands of pounds replanting field margins yards deep and hundr3ds of yards long because rabbits have taken 8t to the bare soil. And thats just an annual issue.
Trees take years tongrow and return a profit to the investor... only to be nipped out by magpies, deer and greys etc.
It hasnt affected you financially and you dont want to shoot them .... well thats fine. But others have to deal with reality and take action so I take my hat off to them and do what I can compliant to the law
In a battle of wits I refuse to engage with an unarmed person.
To one shot one kill, you need to seek the S. Kill only comes from Skill