"Nick Maclaren" <nmm1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <4827f682$0$765$4c56ba96@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> |>
> |> > |> > Of course, the Little Englanders who get paranoid about even
the
> most
> |> > |> > harmless creatures (such as vipers and lynx) are beyond hope.
> |> > |>
> |> > |> Vipers I can understand.
> |> >
> |> > Why? They are less of a risk to humans in the UK than bumblebees
> |> > or mice.
> |>
> |> What risks are there from mice???
>
> Try infection :-)
How?
Mice run away from humans, unless they're pets.
I suspect more humans acquire infections from dogs and cats than forom any
other fauna.
>
> |> And how many times have you been stung by a bumble bee? I'd moved and
> kept
> |> many bombus nests and never been stung.
>
> Several times a year. I tread on them in bare feet - poor things.
You should watch where you're walking. If you tread on them you deserve to
be stung.
I walk about the garden with bare feet and have never been stung.
> I have no problems picking them up in my bare hands when they get
> trapped indoors, of course.
>
> |> > It's not the being scared that is the issue, it is the becoming
> |> > paranoid. We desperately need lynx in England to deal with the
> |> > harm caused by uncontrolled deer.
> |>
> |> Guns are enough. That way people can enjoy the meat.
>
> You also need people who are capable of stalking them, shooting safely,
> willing to put the time in, and allowed to do so. Those used to be
> common characteristics, and are now very rare.
Not VERY rare, perhaps more rare.
My game supplier always has lots of venison.
Mary
>
>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
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