13-09-2016, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Tiffany
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Elk are large animals too. I can see they would be a problem, Norway. Do you get a lot on your roads then?
We see the odd deer here, but they mostly keep off our roads. Some places in Britain do have problems with them though.
It is a legal requirement that if you hit one with a car you must immediately report it and wait at the scene until someone comes 1) to find the animal if it has been able to get away from the scene and B) to put it down if it is still alive and suffering etc.
13-09-2016, 08:49 AM
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To get back too the OP, the first time i saw a Grey in Northumberland my natural instinct was to run it over. I did not even though i know how damaging they are too our Reds, and birds.A lordy landowner hired a bloke to cull them on his lands and this he did well, but the landowner decided to stop. Shame but im seeing them more and more, they even have special feeders for the Reds, where the heavier Grey falls, through a trapdoor that the lighter red does not trigger.
13-09-2016, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Nom
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To get back too the OP, the first time i saw a Grey in Northumberland my natural instinct was to run it over. I did not even though i know how damaging they are too our Reds, and birds.A lordy landowner hired a bloke to cull them on his lands and this he did well, but the landowner decided to stop. Shame but im seeing them more and more, they even have special feeders for the Reds, where the heavier Grey falls, through a trapdoor that the lighter red does not trigger.
We had Red ones for a few years but I think the cats which had gone wild have seen them off. Most of the cats have now been shot so hope the squirrels come back again
15-09-2016, 11:25 PM
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Pummy, I thought of you tonight.
There was an interesting programme on telly about different animals, and part of it showed how the Koalas were dying out because of man wrecking their Eucalyptus forests, and building roads and railways through the Koala's home and food sources. Very sad to see I thought.
16-09-2016, 01:43 AM
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I agree completely. Not sure what the answer is though.The population is growing quite rapidly (largely through immigration) and needs to be housed and fed.
How does one do that without encroaching on koala areas close to necessary infrastructure like schools and hospitals and transport etc ?
For what it's worth, some might find this interesting
" Between 1888 and July 1918 our records show that at least 4,098,276 Koala furs passed through London auction houses”
https://www.savethekoala.com/sites/d...es/FURUK_0.pdf
16-09-2016, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Mups
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There was an interesting programme on telly about different animals, and part of it showed how the Koalas were dying out because of man wrecking their Eucalyptus forests, and building roads and railways through the Koala's home and food sources. Very sad to see I thought.
"Koalas appear to have returned to a coastal strip near Wollongong in the Illawarra, in a rare reversal of the usual trend towards extinction.
An infrared camera placed about 5 kilometres from Mt Kembla, west of Wollongong, caught footage of the marsupial in late August.
Koalas are thought to have become extinct to the area in the 1930s when land was cleared for agricultural purposes."
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