On 9 Jul 2006 15:42:25 -0700, "Granville West"
<granvillewest [at] hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>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?
He doesn't, because their isn't any.
He, like most CONservation hooligans is grabbing at an opportunity to
scapegoat an alien species, in some weird desire to see species purity
maintained. He would make a good Nazi.
"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
