Wolf attacks increasing

[Fallowfield]

Apparently, the conservationists have woken up to the fact that the indigenous Black Rat is a threatened species. I have long campaigned for it's reintroduction into it's native habitat, in short, central London. Preferably Whitehall where those who are concerned can keep a close eye on it's welfare. But will they listen?

If Messrs Fallowfield and ptarmigan are genuinely concerned about British wildlife, perhaps they ought to put their money where their mouths are and give a breeding colony of Black Rats a home.

The black rat isn't indigenous toe Britain.

If wolves are reintroduced to Britain it would be the same species as was persecuted to extinction.

'Just the facts,mam, just the facts'.

 

[Fallowfield]

I very much doubt that the wildcats would benefit in anyway from the introduction of lynx, or the capercaillie or many other small mammals. Did anyone see the programme on the NAZI rewilding plans? They wanted to create a large hunting forest and recreate the auroch? Or any of the articles on the Dutch rewilding project? Or the fact that powers that be wanted to “reforest” one of the Scottish islands as it was historically referred to as a hunting forest, although the historical term of hunting forest was an area of hunting and had no relation to woodlands.
Or the programme on the eagle owls that have appeared and are breeding in the wild, they do not have any legal protection because the conservation bodies refuse to give them the official native recognition as they don’t want them here, apparently they could only be released/escaped individuals so not meant to be here - no irony there at all!

No irony.

Just a grasp of basic ecology.

I can appreciate why that confuses you.

 

[Fallowfield]

Plenty of wolves in scotland.
They are easily spotted as they wear pink trousers and tweed.

You can report sightings on here.

https://twitter.com/NewTownFlaneur?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

 

[lloyd]

The black rat isn't indigenous toe Britain.

If wolves are reintroduced to Britain it would be the same species as was persecuted to extinction.

'Just the facts,mam, just the facts'.

Why wait years for reintroduction to Britain?You could be missing out on the one to one experience!
If that species exists outside Britain and you love wolves so much
what are you waiting for ?You could always help the emigration figures and easy jet do good deals!

 

[SLA]

I have for many years kept North Ronaldsay sheep, the last reported sightings of wolves in Scotland (early 1800s) coincide with the enclosure of North Ronaldsay, since then the sheep have developed the ability to survive on the foreshore, this means they have adapted their diet and behaviour to such an extent that although genetically the same they behave very differently now to how they have behaved before the enclosure. They are not the same animals as they were 200 years ago. I use this as a specific example of how the land management/countryside and the animals themselves will have radically changed since wolves were last present.
Introducing apex predators into the modern countryside would be unfair to people who’s livelihoods will be impacted and unfair to the animals released - the habitat is unsuitable and far too developed for them.

 

[Dry Rot]

Alladale Estate is not too many miles up the road from me. I just did a search and found the Tripadvisor site with a very critical review of the visitor facilities. Not really the estate's fault but apparently some American tourists booked a few nights in one of their cottages.

But that didn't happen! Why? Because the main road was blocked with snow, let alone the road up to Alladale House. These people have no idea of the conditions this far north. OK, we do not get extreme weather every winter, but I can recall 25 below zero and 26 inches of snow, not too far away.

All it takes is a tree blown across the perimeter fence, a flooded burn bursting a water gate, snow drifting to the height of the fence then freezing to form a bridge, not to mention the odd mischief maker with a pair of wire cutters, and wolves will be loose in the huge forests we have around here. They haven't caught up on the wild boar in the forestrry that are already out of control, so how they think they could manage wolves loose in sheep country is anyone's guess.

https://alladale.com/rewilding-adventure/