mechaerik
Tuturuu!
Never forget the most invasive species of all, infesting nearly every corner of the world.
Immigrants threaten locals in Britain!
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Shekwan
Kim Chi Quaffing Celt
Some might see them as just animals, but despite appearances they are conscious just like you or me. They have rights. You can't just kill them on a whim, no matter how convenient and simple that solution is.
Do you argue the same for rats?
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
We need to send you some Bubbas and Jim Bobs.
Shekwan
Kim Chi Quaffing Celt
I dunno, rats are the lowest of the low. I don't think I would shoot them though, I'm not a mafia type.
Well, shooting is metaphorical in this case for "something that cheaply kills the pest"
Shooting a rat sounds like a shooting competition, not an efficient method of pest control.
Actually, yes I can so long as I don't go astray of the Missouri Department of Conservation season rules or the Feds rules on certain animals. Want to see me shoot and kill a muskrat giving my yard fits?
Shekwan
Kim Chi Quaffing Celt
I still don't think I could kill a rat, regardless of the method. I suppose if the rat's actions threatened me in particular, I would have to do the deed.
I suppose we could do with some no bs Americans like you to come over here and shoot each and every mink that befouls our fine islands. Unfortunately you wouldn't be operating within the law. And trust me, there would be absolute uproar. You'd think that the damage the average mink does to the local community more than justifies violence, but some bleeding heart types will always come along with the usual spiel about "rights" and "the law".
Formaldehyde
Both Fair And Balanced
Traitorfish
The Tighnahulish Kid
I wouldn't've thought that I had to spell this out, but if you insist...
There is no "you people". There was some thoughtless Victorian toffs, who represented a rather minuscule minority of the overall British population, the vast majority of whom where disenfranchised wage-serfs. It is very hard to hold them responsible for such things, let alone their descendants. My family, for example, were Donegal dirt farmers when all this was going on, so I feel it rather unfair that it be laid at my doorstep as if I am to be held personally responsible.
Anyway, as you yourself acknowledge, nobody has accused any other than the Brits of doing this to our own ecosystem, so why the hostility? I didn't think Canadians were so prone to these random bouts of Anglophobia.
LOL! This will probably shock you, but I just loved them when I was a kid. Love, love will keeps us together, you and me babe whenever.... 
Anyhoo, back on track. Shewan, I do kind of understand. A rather wealthy Kansas county (Johnson) has a neighborhood that's been dealing with a large duck flock issue at one of its suburban parks. Massive amounts of poo everywhere. They just cannot decide what to do. Also, a large deer population has grown up in their area as well, and every time someone suggest a hunt, the tree huggers go ape, so nothing gets done.
Anyhoo, back on track. Shewan, I do kind of understand. A rather wealthy Kansas county (Johnson) has a neighborhood that's been dealing with a large duck flock issue at one of its suburban parks. Massive amounts of poo everywhere. They just cannot decide what to do. Also, a large deer population has grown up in their area as well, and every time someone suggest a hunt, the tree huggers go ape, so nothing gets done.
I'm not holding you responsible, I'm just saying (mostly sarcastically) that I don't care much about the problem of introduced species in Britain.
Man, you would dislike knowing I can vote in your elections.
Shekwan
Kim Chi Quaffing Celt
Well I think this has gone on long enough. Third entry.
I'm sorry for leading you on VRWC and Contre.
I couldn't resist when the rat thing came up. I was surprised you guys didn't get the slang inferences when I said the minks sell gates and drink?
I guess its too late for Irish and British posters to be on here to get the joke.
I'm sorry for leading you on VRWC and Contre.
I couldn't resist when the rat thing came up. I was surprised you guys didn't get the slang inferences when I said the minks sell gates and drink?
I guess its too late for Irish and British posters to be on here to get the joke.
Laughing! 
We tried engineering a virus to wipe out our rabbits but it only worked for a few years. And cane toads have proven to be essentially indestructible.
Then there's the cats, the foxes, the camels, the carp, the starfish, the bees, the wasps, the prickly pear, the lantana plants, the blackberry.
It's a wonder there's anything native left.
Then there's the cats, the foxes, the camels, the carp, the starfish, the bees, the wasps, the prickly pear, the lantana plants, the blackberry.
It's a wonder there's anything native left.
Ding-- oh right.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxomatosis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_calicivirus
The viruses already existed, but I seem to recall the CSRIO modified them.
I assume there's research in this area for Cane Toads too - the bastards are taking over the whole country.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_calicivirus
The viruses already existed, but I seem to recall the CSRIO modified them.
I assume there's research in this area for Cane Toads too - the bastards are taking over the whole country.
