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Duh, its evolution. You make it sound like a war theatre.

by unseen 15y ago

DanBC 15y ago
April 2003 - Attempts to begin a cull of hedgehogs on North Uist in the Western Isles have got under way. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2920067.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2920067.stm) April 2005 - Animal rights activists are trying to rescue hedgehogs as an annual cull gets under way in the Outer Hebrides. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4406675.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4406675.stm) October 2005 - Protest over annual hedgehog cull (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4390054.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4390054.stm) April 2007 - The board of Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has decided to suspend its cull of hedgehogs in the Western Isles. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6378245.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/63...) February 2010 - Hebridean hedgehogs: a prickly issue The Uists cull has already cost more than £1m, but we should question the causal link between bird and hedgehog populations (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/25/hedgehogs-cost-eradiction-translocation-scotland http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/25/hedgehog...) February 2011 - £1.3m hedgehog cull to save islands' birds eggs 'fails' (http://www.scotsman.com/news/163_1_3m_hedgehog_cull_to_save_islands_birds_eggs_fails_1_1493828 http://www.scotsman.com/news/163_1_3m_hedgehog_cull_to_save_...)
- JL2010 15y ago
  Also: Australia's efforts against the cane toad, invasive fish species all over the world introduced by humans for "sport", Florida's efforts against the Burmese python (which has become the dominant predator - even swallowing local adult alligators).
  - pyre 15y ago
    > invasive fish species all over the world > introduced by humans for "sport" Not just for "sport," IIRC there are some invasive species in the Mississippi River that got there when one of the floods engulfed some fish farms/hatcheries that had some exotic fish there to help maintain pests/algae/etc. Also, Florida has a lot of iguanas (which are non-native), especially in the Everglades, you just don't hear much about it because the pythons are a larger issue.

Duh, its evolution. You make it sound like a war theatre.

by unseen 15y ago

Duh, its evolution. You make it sound like a war theatre.

DanBC 15y ago

April 2003 - Attempts to begin a cull of hedgehogs on North Uist in the Western Isles have got under way. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2920067.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2920067.stm) April 2005 - Animal rights activists are trying to rescue hedgehogs as an annual cull gets under way in the Outer Hebrides. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4406675.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4406675.stm) October 2005 - Protest over annual hedgehog cull (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4390054.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4390054.stm) April 2007 - The board of Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has decided to suspend its cull of hedgehogs in the Western Isles. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6378245.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/63...) February 2010 - Hebridean hedgehogs: a prickly issue The Uists cull has already cost more than £1m, but we should question the causal link between bird and hedgehog populations (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/25/hedgehogs-cost-eradiction-translocation-scotland http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/25/hedgehog...) February 2011 - £1.3m hedgehog cull to save islands' birds eggs 'fails' (http://www.scotsman.com/news/163_1_3m_hedgehog_cull_to_save_islands_birds_eggs_fails_1_1493828 http://www.scotsman.com/news/163_1_3m_hedgehog_cull_to_save_...)

JL2010 15y ago
Also: Australia's efforts against the cane toad, invasive fish species all over the world introduced by humans for "sport", Florida's efforts against the Burmese python (which has become the dominant predator - even swallowing local adult alligators).
- pyre 15y ago
  > invasive fish species all over the world > introduced by humans for "sport" Not just for "sport," IIRC there are some invasive species in the Mississippi River that got there when one of the floods engulfed some fish farms/hatcheries that had some exotic fish there to help maintain pests/algae/etc. Also, Florida has a lot of iguanas (which are non-native), especially in the Everglades, you just don't hear much about it because the pythons are a larger issue.