I shot a wild boar this morning...

[Lou]

Originally Posted by Mark Chase

OK then they read Proust while they rip you to pieces, but trust me they are scary.

Fortunately they are also very shy so no people pig interface as yet but if they continue to thrive as they are doing it may well become a problem in the future.

Its a bit like the Mink released in the 80s by the green piece environmentalists. My old and now sadly dead friend Jim lost several hundred chicken, many many carp and his pet dog to Mink.

Lovely cuddly things they are NOT.

Best thing that can happen to a mink is to become a coat, but try telling that to an environmentalist.

What reeeeeeelllylyy pisses me off is when i come out with a serious issue like the damage done by scallop dredgers I am lumped in with the idiots who think Mink are cute.

Sorry Lou, I have a massive soft spot for you and Caroline I rate you both as super cool on my personal cool wall. I know your hearts in the right place and I respect you enormously but this is a pet hate of my own when eco mentalists dont look at the big picture. Wild boor? Kent? big problem


ATB

Mark Chase

So, you agree with me they are intelligent now (maybe not Proust though - i like to think they have taste )

You agree they are shy and would tend to avoid people.

I agree with you that the release of mink was a bloody stupid thing, and I hate the sort of nutter that does that. Not native, kills all the weaker native animals. Bad, bad idea.

I also agree with you that boar in Kent is probably not a good thing. However, I don't thinkit is because anyone is in danger! I come from a more puritanical viewpoint that these are escapees and not part of a well-thought out programme of pure-bred introduction to a suitable habitat.

So, we aren't that far apart. Back to the tiger thing....tigers are cool, but having them in Hyde Park would be a pretty bad idea, and, in fact, as they are not native, I wouldn't want them anywhere in Britain.

I do agree with the reintroduction of wolves to some of the more remote Scottish areas however, on a limited scale.

Personally, I thinkyou have to look at how long an animal has been extinct for in Britain, and true wild boar (not mongrel piggies) have been extinct for hundreds of years, thus it is a little late to pretend we have good habitat. Somehwere like the Black Forest however is ideal and has enough native woodland to cope with a small population.

[chrisch]

Originally Posted by Mark Chase

.... but this is a pet hate of my own when eco mentalists dont look at the big picture. Wild boor? Kent? big problem...

Why a problem? That's a farmers viewpoint and they are twats - I know I'm from a farming family. Twats - all of em my lot.

No its an opportunity. An opportunity to shoot and eat these lovely and delicious animals. More of 'em that's what we need.

Not mink no. You're right there Mark. Can't eat them and the idiots that let them out want shooting (it wasn't Greenpeace at all BTW they don't do anything like that - it was some fuckwit animal liberation group).

If there are too many piggies in Kent I am up for shooting some.

Chris

[Mark Chase]

as long as you dont shoot me as i am fat and habeen known to squeeeeeeeelllll ocasionaly

ATB

Mark Chase

[Scuttler]

Mmmmmmm....now where is that wholegrain mustard?

[Lou]

Originally Posted by Scuttler

Mmmmmmm....now where is that wholegrain mustard?

No, no, no...a good, strong English mustard is what you need. Not poncey wholegrain.

[Scuttler]

Originally Posted by Lou

No, no, no...a good, strong English mustard is what you need. Not poncey wholegrain.

I only have the English with beef

[Lou]

Originally Posted by Scuttler

I only have the English with beef

I have it with cheese.

And potatoes

And cabbage or brussels, or broccoli, or spinach.....

Or, anything really

[chrisch]

Originally Posted by Lou

...
Or, anything really

'fess up you want a bacon sarnie really

Chris

[Mick F]

Originally Posted by Mark Chase

Best thing that can happen to a mink is to become a coat

Too bloody right! When I was a kid, the Dept. of Agriculture here had a bounty on them. IR£15 each IIRC.

We used to live trap them, but one got out in the back of my brothers Datsun 120Y, shite all over the interior, and then shot out through the drivers door as the two of us exited stage left and right. The smell was unbelievable & guess who had to clean it up

Never had much time for the bastards ever since really.

[chrisch]

Originally Posted by Mick F

Too bloody right! When I was a kid, the Dept. of Agriculture here had a bounty on them. IR£15 each IIRC.

We used to live trap them, but one got out in the back of my brothers Datsun 120Y, shite all over the interior, and then shot out through the drivers door as the two of us exited stage left and right. The smell was unbelievable & guess who had to clean it up

Never had much time for the bastards ever since really.

Mick. I'm so very sorry but this made me laff.

Datsun.... LOL.

Sorry

Chris