On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:26:43 +0100, Malcolm
<Malcolm [at] indaal.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>In article <1152484945.117106.269630 [at] s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>Granville West <granvillewest [at] hotmail.co.uk> writes
>>
>>Malcolm wrote:
>>> In article <1152280684.9068.0 [at] proxy02.news.clara.net>, BAC
>>> Man's interference led to the mink being in the UK in the first place.
>>
>>Quite so. Although certain conservationists have helped;-) Ruddy Ducks!
>>According to you!
>>
>>> Man's carelessness, plus deliberate releases by Angus's AR friends, led
>>> to the mink escaping into the wild. Mink have done huge damage to
>>> indigenous wildlife, not just water voles, but wiping out whole colonies
>>> of nesting terns and gulls, and so it is both logical and legitimate
>>> that, where man can, he should try and get rid of the mink to the
>>> benefit of the voles and birds.
>>
>>Have they? Probably, but I doubt their presence is not as detrimental
>>than pollution to our environment by humans. Especially the pollution
>>that is increasingly produced by mechanical traffic that is unseen,
>>run-off etc & pumped into our waterways.
>>
>>I assume you also know of any scientific study that does purport to the
>>W Vole demise due to the mink increase?
>>
>>Let me know, if you do.
>>
>Reynolds, J.C., Short, M.J., & Leigh, R.J. (2004). Development of
>population control strategies for mink Mustela vison, using floating
>rafts as monitors and trap sites. Biological Conservation, 120: 533-543.
>
>The Water Vole and Mink Survey of Britain 1996-1998 Edited by D J
>Jefferies (2003)
>
>http://www.gct.org.uk/text03.asp?PageId 3
A flawed survey, carried out by a highly biased pro hunt group and
CONservation hooligans seeking 2.3 million pounds in funding. If we,
the tax payer had been silly enough to give it to them they would have
had a merry Christmas indeed.
Also note the slaughter was carried out in peak breeding season, with
many slaughtered animals heavily pregnant. Nice one Ogilvie, very much
in keeping with your Nazi principles.
"As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!"
Woody Guthrie
