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Re: [Livingontheland] Predators and the soil Re: Muscovy ducks
- From: "John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>
- To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Predators and the soil Re: Muscovy ducks
- Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:41:57 +0100
Very sorry to say that reintroduction of apex
predators looks impossible here in Ireland. Some well meaning people went to a
lot of trouble to reintroduce golden eagle and white tailed eagle and not a week
went by this spring and summer without one or more of these fantastic birds
being found poisoned and dead.
I don't know whether this happens all over Ireland
but in West Cork rural people burn land, trees and hedgerows as a form of
recreation. Whenever it gets dry enough for a fire to take they poor some petrol
and light a match. Sometimes whole forested areas go up in flames and a few
years ago 200 sheep were burned too and I have never known the culprit to be
even fined. We noted the record of over 320 simultaneous fires going from our
position quite high up a mountain in bird nesting season.
Others use roundup for recreational purposes. One
farmer not too far away bought a back sprayer for each of his three teen age
sons and they love it. Things get dryer when round- upped and then they burn
better.
I'd prefer wolves and bears as neighbors
sometimes.
john
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[Livingontheland] Predators and the soil Re: Muscovy ducks,
Pego Rice, 08/21/2010
- Re: [Livingontheland] Predators and the soil Re: Muscovy ducks, Kate Spinner, 08/22/2010
- Re: [Livingontheland] Predators and the soil Re: Muscovy ducks, John D'hondt, 08/22/2010
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