"Nick Maclaren" <nmm1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> |> I suspect more humans acquire infections from dogs and cats than
forom
> any
> |> other fauna.
>
> In the UK and except for other humans, yes.
Sorry, forgot humans. Perhaps we should exterminate all humans ...
>
> |> 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 bumblebees that nest in the lawn, and sometimes visit flowers
> that are invisible under the grass. Your eyesight must be very
> exceptional - are you, perhaps, allergic to kryptonite? :-)
No - but we don't have grass. The banties have seen to that ... and the
presence of the banties means that I watch where I put my feet :-)
>
> |> > 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.
>
> I believe that most of the venison eaten (let alone sold) in the UK is
> now farmed, and the majority of the rest is from a small number of
> large landholdings. Essentially none comes from the roe and muntjac
> in the smaller woodlands of the south and midlands, where the problems
> are.
I don't buy farmed venison, most of what we buy is red deer, shot in the
wild where, like hare, it does a lot of damage.
We eat a lot of game ...
Mary
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>
> Regards,
> Nick Maclaren.
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