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

[Swansman]

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.

 

[JBizzle]

Yeah why not? I'll have a boar

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

I believe we have boars already in places (Forest of Dean I know of) but I would love wolves over here. Went to a sanctuary in Canada a few years ago and they are truly gorgeous animals. As you say though, not sure what the farmers would have to say.

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

PS - is your name Obelix by any chance...?

 

[Swansman]

Yeah why not? I'll have a boar

25 years ago we had about 5000 in Sweden, the government said "boars are cool, dont kill them". Now we have about 300 000. I could easily bring you a couple and no one would notice. But I'm a bit worried to do it by car as it could get detected and I guess maybe there's some law against bringing in wild foreign animals. Meaning you first need to teach me how to build a boat (you living on an island, I'm going to presume that you know how to build a boat). Give me boat knowhow, I'll bring you boar. Ok?

 

[Stato]

Presumably, if they were introduced, they would all have to come from Portugal and be on the books of Jorge Mendes.

 

[McTavish]

Give me boat knowhow, I'll bring you boar. Ok?

Aren't you descended from Vikings? Surely you can knock up a long boat?

 

[Coldeanseagull]

I've spent the last forty odd years working hard trying to keep the ******** from my door, so no thanks

 

[schmunk]

Aren't you descended from Vikings? Surely you can knock up a long boat?

A long boar?

 

[neilbard]

I'm in...

 

[Simster]

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

 

[JBizzle]

25 years ago we had about 5000 in Sweden, the government said "boars are cool, dont kill them". Now we have about 300 000. I could easily bring you a couple and no one would notice. But I'm a bit worried to do it by car as it could get detected and I guess maybe there's some law against bringing in wild foreign animals. Meaning you first need to teach me how to build a boat (you living on an island, I'm going to presume that you know how to build a boat). Give me boat knowhow, I'll bring you boar. Ok?

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?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

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.

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.

 

[GT49er]

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.

 

[Marty McFly]

Had a pack of wolves howling at the edge of my campsite (probs a few hundred metres away) in November. I didn't get much sleep that night!

 

[WATFORD zero]

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.

But far more important, extremely flavoursome

 

[Bakero]

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.

Introduce wolves to hunt the boar. The perfect system.

 

[TugWilson]

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.

Do they have Beavers in Sweden .....are you kidding , they have the best Beavers in the world

 

[Grassman]

There are boars in Kent and Sussex already I believe, down Peasmarsh way. As for the Wolf, absolutely reintroduce them, up in the wilds of Jockland, they can help themselves to the deer and any old drunk from Glasgow who’s lost his way.

 

[TugWilson]

Sweden is much bigger than the UK and far more open with a much smaller population . I love animals so do not want them introduced over here , as they would be here 10 minutes before some found a reason to kill or cull them .

 

[Wellesley]

Far too dangerous. We'll put them in Scotland and Wales instead.