Are there Skunks in the Forest of Dean?

[Emmaj]

Originally Posted by selina20

Heres the articles btw:

Skunk pack 'spotted' in English countryside - Telegraph

Sunday Express | Odd News :: Skunks sniff out a good life in the woods

And OMG that baby skunk is adorable.

Also does that mean we should kull the turtles that appear on the UK coast as they are disrupting the natural habitat of the sea.

Its how animals migrate. Fair enough humans have had an impact but it is believed we started out in Africa so technically we shouldnt be here as we are also invaders.

i love you selina

[selina20]

Originally Posted by Emmaj

i love you selina

awwwwwwwwwww i love u 2

[Fixx]

Originally Posted by 955i

Don't blame the animals, but knowing their dietary habits they will have a similar effect as mink and need removing.

Perhaps if people didn't impulse buy these animals then decide they couldn't be arsed with them things like this wouldn't happen, that's animal faddism for you

You obviously have no idea about their dietary habits then.

[lizamphid1]

I didnt want to start a punch up
Maybe we should shoot all the domestic cats in the highlands to keep are wild cat.

[bothrops]

Originally Posted by selina20

Heres the articles btw:

Skunk pack 'spotted' in English countryside - Telegraph

Sunday Express | Odd News :: Skunks sniff out a good life in the woods

And OMG that baby skunk is adorable.

Also does that mean we should kull the turtles that appear on the UK coast as they are disrupting the natural habitat of the sea.

Its how animals migrate. Fair enough humans have had an impact but it is believed we started out in Africa so technically we shouldnt be here as we are also invaders.

To be fair, that would not be comparable. There is no evidence to suggest that Leatherbacks are not native to the UK. They may breed in Equatorial regions but evidence suggests that the nutrient and jellyfish rich UK waters are their natural hunting/feeding grounds and always have been. The biggest known specimen of all time was a mammoth female that was washed up on a beach in Angelsey!


However, it would be interesting to find the views on the humble European rabbit. A very common animal throughout the UK that is food for many of the UK's most popular animals (foxes, buzzards, stoats etc) and yet they are as alien to these shores as the grey squirrel and the mink. (They were bought over by the Normans and farmed for food. They subsequently escaped and the rest, as they say, is history!

Lets face it, there is only one none native animal on this island that has dramatically and permenantly changed the entire natural landscape forever.....Homo sapiens!


Mmmmmm.....UK WC skunks......

[RepoUK]

Originally Posted by selina20

Also does that mean we should kull the turtles that appear on the UK coast as they are disrupting the natural habitat of the sea.

Its how animals migrate. Fair enough humans have had an impact but it is believed we started out in Africa so technically we shouldnt be here as we are also invaders.

I have no problem with the concept of culling some people. In fact I have a list already...

[LoveForLizards]

Originally Posted by bothrops

However, it would be interesting to find the views on the humble European rabbit. A very common animal throughout the UK that is food for many of the UK's most popular animals (foxes, buzzards, stoats etc) and yet they are as alien to these shores as the grey squirrel and the mink. (They were bought over by the Normans and farmed for food. They subsequently escaped and the rest, as they say, is history!

I don't think we should rid of European rabbits in this country, they feed a lot of our animals and our people.

Originally Posted by 955i

Don't blame the animals, but knowing their dietary habits they will have a similar effect as mink and need removing.

Hmm....And how do you suppose that's going to happen?

Originally Posted by Emmaj

i love you selina

Ditto to that! There is bigger issues with other species then a skunk colony in the forest.

Originally Posted by RepoUK

I have no problem with the concept of culling some people. In fact I have a list already...

[selina20]

Originally Posted by RepoUK

I have no problem with the concept of culling some people. In fact I have a list already...

Lol u get my drift.

Originally Posted by LoveForLizards

Ditto to that! There is bigger issues with other species then a skunk colony in the forest.

Exactly my point