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Wild food in Ireland

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  • #52
    RiderOnTheStorm
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    I wonder will we see a return of some of the wild animals that have been killed off? OK .... I understand that if they were killed off 100%, they cant spontaneously materialism .... but if, for example, there are a few wolves or boars (privately owned, zoos, etc), then could we see a comeback in any significant numbers?

    Are there any plants that are being suppressed by large populations / farming that could make a comeback?


  • #53
    ScumLord
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    RiderOnTheStorm wrote: »
    I wonder will we see a return of some of the wild animals that have been killed off? OK .... I understand that if they were killed off 100%, they cant spontaneously materialism .... but if, for example, there are a few wolves or boars (privately owned, zoos, etc), then could we see a comeback in any significant numbers?

    Are there any plants that are being suppressed by large populations / farming that could make a comeback?
    Forests would be the big one, this island was originally covered in trees.

    There are wolves in Dublin zoo, there are probably a handful of hybrids out there too. But I would say there numbers are too small to realistically establish a healthy population. Dogs could go wild instantly though, they would form into very large packs, much larger than a wolf pack.

    With humans gone it would leave a massive gap, extinctions tend to be good for the creatures left over as it leaves a gap for them to fill. It's hard to know what would happen though. Maybe cattle numbers explode, and they strip the countryside killing off all kinds of vegetation and disturbing the food chain so that other animals have nothing to eat.

    Maybe the forest grow back and leave no place for cattle and large predators like wolves to form large packs.

    We should see a pickup in animals like hawks, badgers and all the other animals farmers kill.


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