Having just watched "Countryfile" on BBC this Sunday morning they said that the introduction of the lynx, wolves and bears was being considered to be introduced into the wild in an effort to cull the exploding deer population.
Obviously if they had left management of the countryside to those who know best,countryfolk, then there would be no need for such drastic contemplations.
Was the hunting ban another thing, like Iraq, where the Labour Government got it wrong?
2007-03-11 00:08:01 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Need i say no more than the fact that they dont seem to be enforcing the ban.
The problem with our government is they offten listen to the wrong people, and with regards to banning hunting they did.
They forget the countyside is a big place and when all the field/hunting sports stand together as one its even bigger.
These city folk just have no understanding of the county like the country folk, there born in a city, they die in the city it what they know and do.
A countryman is born in the country and is part of it, and 9 times out of 10 lay to rest in it.
We are the caretakers of the countryside and should be left to it
2007-03-13 22:19:52 · answer #1 · answered by Brad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For God's sake! You have woken me up this morning.I am now insenced! OK I am one of the hunting country folk, and if what your saying is correct, they are completly mad. Firstly the main large deer populations are in Scotland and Devon, so, as there is now no staghunting which was used to cull the deer, the population will get out of control. But to introduce Wolves and Bears....are they mad? Scotland and Devon farmers rely largely on sheep trade......there wouldn't be a lamb left! Deer run incredibly fast, sheep do not, the wild animals would soon work out where the easy meal lay! Can you imagine going for a stroll across the moors and coming face to face with a bear or a pack of wolves.......I don't think so.....then along comes the government with a plan to cull the wolves....but by the time they have fought this one out with the "dogoodingtreehuggers" there are quite a few too many wolves and....................!!
2007-03-11 08:20:09 · answer #2 · answered by doingitallforwrenches 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
There are hunts still allowed in Ireland. I remember asking a farmer friend why they were conducted, and his answer was to control the fox population.
I'm a city girl, I know nothing about the countryside, so I thought it rich that the biggest anti-hunt protesters were people who knew nothing about it.
But it's the same with loads of stuff, the politicians look after those with more votes, or the loudest voice
2007-03-11 08:21:16 · answer #3 · answered by bee bee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is still stag hunting in Devon! It takes place differently and is not as effective! Because of the ban more are shot but now it is not just stags it is hinds and bucks as well! Had the ban not come in to place stag hounds could hunt all day but now they have to shoot as soon as the animal is seen causing more injuries and meaning more animals are " hunted".
So yeah the government got it very wrong!
2007-03-11 09:27:21 · answer #4 · answered by icemaiden113 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Like EVERYTHING else man tries to "fix" or change nature, reintroducing wolves and bears was a disastrous failure in the U.S. Wolves killed mass #s of sheep, cows, calves, dogs, cats, and attacked humans. The deer continues to flourish, ignored by the wolves for the easier prey.
It's not wrong to fight murderous terrorists. Rather fight them there than just around the block, eh? It was the WORLD Trade Center, not the American trade center. They have attacked Britain, too, you know. Worse than the IRA, they are. It's not over yet, either. Don't delude yourself. It's not safe.
2007-03-11 14:39:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, but I find it odd that you link hunting with hounds to the war in Iraq. Sure Blair got it wrong in Iraq, he was the puppet of the puppet of American economic global domination. Shame on him, history will not look kindly upon him.
Other than to score a cheap political point, what's the connection?
2007-03-12 17:27:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Blairs government deosn` know its ar*e from its elbow never mind how to manage the country side.t
2007-03-11 15:56:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it, being shot is more humane than being ripped to death, can you immagine bears and wolves in the UK, we don't have the vast wilderness to cater for them, it wouldn't be long before they will enter townships and attack humans and our pets. Yes, Labour have done it again.
2007-03-11 08:13:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes
new Labour should never have been protected
2007-03-11 08:13:23 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
absolutley not, this is one thing they got right, allbeit because they are looking for the working class vote!! the hunting fraternity have their sport to look like something which is 'needed', but their whole arguement is absolutley full of cr@p and rubbish and lies.
they claim to love the countryside, but want to kill everything in it!!!
anyhow, any of this fubar crowd listening, WE WON!!!
2007-03-11 15:43:49 · answer #10 · answered by badger 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋