On 12/5/08 09:28, in article
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"Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> "Nick Maclaren" <nmm1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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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.
They leave urine and faeces everywhere they go. Apparently, mice are
urinating almost constantly.
>
> 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.
>
Probably from farmed herds, which is very different to the essential
culling
of wild deer in the e.g. Scottish Highlands.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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