tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post4197133111949800153..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Sniping at the Truth While Ignoring RealityPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-57243539614441096512015-02-23T08:20:24.755-05:002015-02-23T08:20:24.755-05:00Substitute "nuisance" for "dangerou...Substitute "nuisance" for "dangerous". We need to deal with our rubbish better. I don't think foxes should be fed either.<br />Surely every Londoner has seen a fox? Last time I saw one was in December. I don't get the impression that we're plagued by foxes. I saw them more frequently in Bristol, which is greener than London.<br />I'd be interested to know how the shooting is going, if at all. I think we'll just go back to whingeing about it, it's the british way!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02502528836501841285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-53846919438050697152015-02-22T23:10:38.990-05:002015-02-22T23:10:38.990-05:00It's sad what America has become. Here within ...It's sad what America has become. Here within our borders we live a great life for the most part- as someone who grew up in South America I can tell you even our poor are relatively well off. America at home is the land of the Good Life and natural beauty and inventive enterprising people. But as an expat I can tell you that for most of the world America is The Evil Empire with our Predators and illegal wars and our worship of cowards who kill from afar and our denial of the hideous damage we do. Even as we speak we're busy restarting the Cold War and possibly WW3.And even here in our "Homeland" (yuuk) we have become a premier surveillance state- officially beating out the Stasi. So I just enjoy being an American for what it is- but I'm disgusted all the same. As you say though- it's great being in a country with wolves, lions and bears...Jeff T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01520811975339950553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-44887105662721086972015-02-22T16:01:05.007-05:002015-02-22T16:01:05.007-05:00The best time to take care of a problem is BEFORE ...The best time to take care of a problem is BEFORE it is out of control. Foxes carry rabies, parasites, and fleas and ticks that can transmit disease. Foxes can and do attack people and their pets. Wild animals belong in the wild, not urban areas. KaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05386100556734258445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-34323720855385229922015-02-22T15:30:41.197-05:002015-02-22T15:30:41.197-05:00So, here's the thing about carnivorans. Being ...So, here's the thing about carnivorans. Being predators, they are necessarily an order of magnitude less abundant than their prey. They are also intelligent, iconic animals related to our own domestic carnivorans (dogs, foxes, cats, and ferrets). Moreover, many traditions have taboos against killing and eating them. For these reasons, I could never hunt them. Not only do I have too much respect for them, but I do not view them as sustainable prey.<br /><br />Having said that, urban mesopredators like foxes and coyotes can become overpopulated in the presence of abundant food, and in the absence of larger predators to suppress them. As with any animal, when they become crowded, they can spread diseases and become pests. So, although I do not condone fox hunting as a sport or pastime, I can understand the need to dispatch troublesome individuals, or to keep numbers down.<br /><br />However, I do not consider urban foxes to be such a blight as to require this on a regular or large-scale basis. For the most part, just let them be. They are urban wildlife, and have stepped in where many of their larger cousins like wolves, bears, and cats have been long-since extirpated. I'm glad there are still many folks who are comfortable with wildlife, but I'm always shocked at how many are not.AmericanLionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10224557937576435963noreply@blogger.com