[OM] Re: Like a bad penny, I am back, OT now BBQ

[Andrew Fildes]

Personally I'd prefer professional culling - more controlled control  
(!) if it is done right. Unfortunately it's usually subject to  
administrative budgetting. Hmmm. Dingoes were traditionally  
controlled by professional doggers here - partly to avoid disputes  
over people shooting each other's working dogs, I suspect.
I've always had a problem with those who kill for sport, rather than  
for food or other necessity. No native mammal can be hunted here  
without a very specific licence and the duck season has been closed  
down for the last few years too partly due to the devastating  
overenthusiasm of a minority who managed to mistake swans, etc. for  
ducks. Fortunately we've got enough vermin to keep the lunatic fringe  
occupied - they can go shoot wild pig and each other. That's a  
reasonable challenge.
Nice to see those animals - where's the pix?
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On 04/06/2006, at 2:01 PM, James McBride wrote:

> Rather than permit
> controlled hunting to maintain a reasonable population, California  
> banned
> hunting and are now paying professional hunters to kill more bears  
> and lions
> than hunters ever did.



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