[Misc] Would you want wolves to be reintroduced in England?

[Herr Tubthumper]

If you want more boars in Sweden, we've got one called London Irish you can have.

 

[A1X]

Did he go back to Holland before Brexit and is now stuck there?

 

[GT49er]

Introduce wolves to hunt the boar. The perfect system.

No way! Shoot the beggars. Then serve them up in pubs and restaurants.

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

I do like wolves, fantastic animals but I'm not sure it would be fair on the countryside or indeed the wolves to reintroduce them now in the UK.
Although I seem to recall I think they may be trialling it somewhere up north.

 

[Guinness Boy]

No way! Shoot the beggars. Then serve them up in pubs and restaurants.

This. Boar is delicious.

 

[Swansman]

Yeah no problem mate, I'll pick it up. I live near the sea so I'll pop together a longship and be there in, say, 6-8 months?

Yes. Just send me a PM when you're ready. I'm the guy with the swan wings, the Graham Potter t-shirt and the boar herd. I reckon I might be one of very few with those attributes so I'm sure you'll find me.

Feel free to bring some beavers over, l love the beaver, (do you have them in Sweden? probably not). I know they were reintroduced to Scotland a few years ago and the population is steadily increasing now.

A facinating animal the beaver.

Of course we have beavers. We can work something out.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Wolves, bears, boars (poisonous snakes/spiders) more the merrier but only on the proviso, they are reintroduced near Caravan parks.

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

The idea would be to place them in places where we want to re-forest. Deer have no remaining predators and they prevent the natural regrowth of forest as they eat saplings and young trees.

Yes that sounds sensible.
I am keen to see some more forests planted in the UK for the carbon emissions and general human wellbeing.
It would be nice to have a national park in the UK that was forest where we could see wolves in the wild.
Maybe if done this way it could keep the wolves safe from humans and keep the wolves away from sheep etc.

 

[Norman Potting]

https://hanna-barbera.fandom.com/wiki/It%27s_the_Wolf!

 

[Norman Potting]

Wolves, bears, boars (poisonous snakes/spiders) more the merrier but only on the proviso, they are reintroduced near Caravan parks.

...Or in Croydon. Second thoughts, wouldn't be fair to the animals

 

[Blue3]

Personally I would be happy for the uk to reintroduce Wolves, Bears we have reintroduced Boars and Beavers

 

[Wardy's twin]

Feel free to bring some beavers over, l love the beaver, (do you have them in Sweden? probably not). I know they were reintroduced to Scotland a few years ago and the population is steadily increasing now.

A facinating animal the beaver.

There was a beaver in the River Adur a few weeks ago they have released some at Knepp (not far from you)

 

[TugWilson]

The idea would be to place them in places where we want to re-forest. Deer have no remaining predators and they prevent the natural regrowth of forest as they eat saplings and young trees.

" Deer have no remaining predators " they are illegally hunted with lurchers in the west country for a start , and i would guess across the country . The damage to regrowth that deer do is negligible compared to the wholesale carnage man causes throughout our countryside .

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Inspired by the horny fox thread...

Majestic animals. Only seen one, it had walked further south than most of them and had no fear of humans and was seen frequently in the small city I lived in outside of Gothenburg. People were afraid, so it was captured and they drove it about 700 kilometers up north. Three weeks later it had walked through the whole country back to the same city again. Much to the dismay of sheep owners etc. Their danger to humans has been overstated through history but if it finds its way to some poor sheep farmer it will kill everything and they always come back to kill some more.

But as they sort of naturally belong to your fauna, would you like to see them reintroduced over there, and what is your take on other animals that got exterminated back in the days? Bears? Do you have boars? You want some boars? I can get you some boars.

There are wild boars reintroduced in the Forest of Dean.
There have been talks about reintroducing wolves to some areas of Scotland to keep the deer population down, and balance of nature restored.

 

[rogersix]

If you want more boars in Sweden, we've got one called London Irish you can have.

 

[Wardy's twin]

No bloody way! And the same answer goes to those idiots who want to re-introduce bears to the UK. It's bad enough that wild boars have escaped from captivity and are breeding like b***ery and are now a nuisance, and sometimes dangerous.

Why are people who are considering the natural balance of our country idiots ? It would be good to reverse a lot of the sh*t that mankind has done. Bears will attack if provoked but they are a lot less dangerous than a lot of humans and car drivers...

 

[Bry Nylon]

Do you have boars? You want some boars? I can get you some boars.

Yeah why not? I'll have a boar

I'm in too. Put me down for two to start with Swanny and we'll see how it goes.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Feel free to bring some beavers over, l love the beaver, (do you have them in Sweden? probably not). I know they were reintroduced to Scotland a few years ago and the population is steadily increasing now.

A facinating animal the beaver.

If you’d been watching Autumn/Winter Watch, you’d know that beavers are already back in Somerset.
A pair of beavers were also introduced in the Knepp Estate in Sussex, but the male escaped and was swimming up and down the river Adur. He was christened Bramber, because that’s where the most sightings took place. Unfortunately he died recently after ingesting something poisonous.
Another pair will be going there soon.

Storks have also been reintroduced to the Knepp Estate.

 

[GT49er]

Why are people who are considering the natural balance of our country idiots ? It would be good to reverse a lot of the sh*t that mankind has done. Bears will attack if provoked but they are a lot less dangerous than a lot of humans and car drivers...

Because we're fine without bears, and want me and my family to go for walks in the country without any chance of stumbling across a bear, thank you very much. We have survived for centuries without bears - long may it continue.

 

[Wardy's twin]

Inspired by the horny fox thread...

Majestic animals. Only seen one, it had walked further south than most of them and had no fear of humans and was seen frequently in the small city I lived in outside of Gothenburg. People were afraid, so it was captured and they drove it about 700 kilometers up north. Three weeks later it had walked through the whole country back to the same city again. Much to the dismay of sheep owners etc. Their danger to humans has been overstated through history but if it finds its way to some poor sheep farmer it will kill everything and they always come back to kill some more.

But as they sort of naturally belong to your fauna, would you like to see them reintroduced over there, and what is your take on other animals that got exterminated back in the days? Bears? Do you have boars? You want some boars? I can get you some boars.[/QUOTE

I think we need to take better care of what we have before expanding to Wolves & Bears. 65000 badgers killed this year for no f*cking reason other than to placate (and get votes from ) the NFU (National Union of Farmers). Same people also quite happy to shoot or poison foxes to protect their little lambs who they merrily sell on for slaughter. Same hs happened to teh Scottish Wildcat and continues to happen to raptors who 'damage' game birds.

To answer your question , I think given the right situation then this could be a good thing but it has to work with the local population not against them.