Monty Don says wolves should be reintroduced to Britain as deer are destroying our woodland

[matthew]

Those with most to say, and who are in a position (platform) to say it, have nothing to lose. Their ignorance and the consequences of these bright ideas are never factored in.

 

[DrWazzock]

Just one?

I forgot, there are more.

 

[renewablejohn]

Could do with someone to cull one of our deer for the freezer.

 

[JP1]

@egbert you're late to the party commenting on one of your favourite topics .....................

 

[Tim G]

It will be like badgers, everyone thinks they are cute and cuddly until one comes into the garden one night, digs up the lawn and craps in the flower beds. Opinion soon changes.

 

[egbert]

@egbert you're late to the party commenting on one of your favourite topics .....................

This is what's happening in Germany, right now

Or, you could try Spain...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=819076351966459

(check the video....this could be your calves)

Apologies for simply pasting photos...it's simpler than words.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Nature is cruel.

 

[Ffermer Bach]

I remember hearing, that Lions and other felines, kill first (by suffocation?) then eat a dead animal, Canines (wolves, wild dogs etc) get their prey down, then eat it alive.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

They do. They just munch away at the soft bits until the prey dies. They're not too fussed on wasting energy actually killing their prey.

 

[Swarfmonkey]

If he wants wolves, he can have them. Fenced off in his feckin’ garden. Wonder which of the two gardeners he employs they’ll eat first?

 

[matthew]

This is Germany - where the wolves are now regularly on farmland and at the side of autobahns. They don't stay where they're released. And that's the problem.

I agree - Monty's garden ? Ideal.

 

[egbert]

This is Germany - where the wolves are now regularly on farmland and at the side of autobahns. They don't stay where they're released. And that's the problem.

I agree - Monty's garden ? Ideal.

The latest bollix is that the reason they're taking farm livestock -and pets- is that there aren't enough of them to hunt deer as a pack.

 

[Swarfmonkey]

From the same tw@ts that a couple of years ago said that “problem” wolves could be shot with rubber bullets to protect livestock?

 

[egbert]

Have some more - this is all recent posts from FB
(where's Monty...do you think he's a member? Perhaps someone should show him these before he opens his big stupid mouth)

Germany again

Denmark

and lastly for now, Greece (and this is typical of how they leave domestic dogs...this was a pet, not a hunting dog)

 

[exmoor dave]

Struth that is absolutely horrendous

 

[matthew]

Struth that is absolutely horrendous

The same irresponsible idiots want wolves / lynx / whatever, released in GB. Despite all the evidence offered from EU states where severe problems have been reported, photographed and written about.

As I said, those with most to say have absolutely nothing to lose by parading their ignorance.

That price is paid by our cattle, sheep, goats and domestic pets. And ultimately our busInesses.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Super predator Dave. You've got to admire them. They will take what's easy and just for the fun of it too, just for the practice, as the multiple killings above have shown.

I'm no expert or anything but they do really interest me. Fantastically successful animal. The UK, being so small would be ideal for them. They can chase prey for many miles. The UK even in it's most remote parts would see prey local to them every single day of the year.

I heard an interview with some wolf expert who said if any creature can hear a wolf howl it needs to be aware it's in range to be killed. And that can be miles and miles.

 

[Gone Shooting]

Bleeding heck - these pictures should be sent to the bloody do-gooders - they dont see or deal with the fallout. Youngest son took his girlfriend back to Reaseheath and couldnt believe the amount of weirdos wandering around campus - far more than when he was there. If this has offended anyone tough!

 

[steveR]

This is Germany - where the wolves are now regularly on farmland and at the side of autobahns. They don't stay where they're released. And that's the problem.

I agree - Monty's garden ? Ideal.

Wandering the Wilds of Herefordshire....

 

[exmoor dave]

The same irresponsible idiots want wolves / lynx / whatever, released in GB. Despite all the evidence offered from EU states where severe problems have been reported, photographed and written about.

As I said, those with most to say have absolutely nothing to lose by parading their ignorance.

That price is paid by our cattle, sheep, goats and domestic pets. And ultimately our busInesses.

Not quite the same on the scale of badness, but I read the Johnson siblings had, for Stanley's birthday, arranged a licence to introduce beavers to their exmoor "estate" (small farm)
With much help from someone (can't remember the name) from Re-wilding UK