If you go down to the woods today.......

steddyeddy

In the last few years exotic animals have been illegally released in Ireland including:

Possibly a leopard or jaguar

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7302381.stm

Wild boar

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Extinct-wild-boar-returns-to-Ireland-79214917.html

Racoons

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0506/1224296282384.html

terrapins

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2011/0603/1224298314294.html

and possibly a Puma

http://www.emigrant.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22949

Not to mention mink which were released by animal welfare activists. To be honest a lot of these species will completely wreck the place but some of them like the panther do spice up quiet hikes in the woods :P.

What other animals would you release in Ireland if you could and what do you think about the ones already released?

Kevin Duffy

I've had a sighting of one of the big cats, in a mountain area in Ireland. Have pics of paw prints in the snow. Possibly the most exciting thing I've seen in 30 years of going to the hills.

galwayrush

Exotic food.:cool:

danniemcq

as long as there are no bean sprouts being imported and released

RATM

There used to be a beached whale knocking around the department of Health.

RockinRolla

I'd release elephants and giraffes throughout Roscommon. It would bring some kind of excitement when driving through there.

admiralofthefleet

a butchers in terenure is selling boar sausages. im going to try them soon

steddyeddy

Kevin Duffy wrote: »

I've had a sighting of one of the big cats, in a mountain area in Ireland. Have pics of paw prints in the snow. Possibly the most exciting thing I've seen in 30 years of going to the hills.

There definatly is at least one loose. I saw a wild boar in wickla, thats about the height of it im afraid!

pockets3d

steddyeddy wrote: »

if you go down to the woods today....

Why don't you take a seat...............:cool:

steddyeddy

pockets3d wrote: »

Why don't you take a seat...............:cool:

Thats a sh1t poem!

Kevin Duffy

A friend of mine lives on the North Antrim Coast. She came home one night to find a lioness on her patio. The PSNI told her they were aware of about 20 big, exotic animals in NI. They also drew guns for the 20ft sprint from their car to her front door

Ev84

steddyeddy wrote: »

What other animals would you release in ireland?

I'd release a few gazelles to distract the big cats and stop them chasing me instead.

van der vart

steddyeddy wrote: »

In the last few years exotic animals have been illegally released in Ireland including:

Possibly a leopard or jaguar

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7302381.stm

Wild boar

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Extinct-wild-boar-returns-to-Ireland-79214917.html

Racoons

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0506/1224296282384.html

terrapins

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2011/0603/1224298314294.html

and possibly a Puma

http://www.emigrant.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22949

Not to mention mink which were released by animal welfare activists. To be honest a lot of these species will completely wreck the place but some of them like the panther do spice up quiet hikes in the woods :P.

What other animals would you release in Ireland if you could and what do you think about the ones already released?

The ex wife, still scares the **** out of me

Shryke

I'm going to say Honey Badger for the novelty.

Riamfada

Wasnt Kerry Katona here for a while.

admiralofthefleet

Riamfada wrote: »

Wasnt Kerry Katona here for a while.

and jade goody, although i havent seen her around for a while

citizen_p

I think wild boars would be cool just for the hunting aspect, we have no large forests to sustain them however.

steddyeddy

Mousey- wrote: »

I think wild boars would be cool just for the hunting aspect, we have no large forests to sustain them however.

We dont need them, aparantly theres quite a few here already!

annascott

I wouldn't like predators here, it would be horrendous to realise that your dog had found a puma or wild boar! Racoons are cool though. We should let them stay..:)

pockets3d

steddyeddy wrote: »

Thats a sh1t poem!

If you go down to the woods today
Why don't you take a seat
Im Chris hanson by the way
We know you molested little bo peep


Happy now?

steddyeddy

annascott wrote: »

I wouldn't like predators here, it would be horrendous to realise that your dog had found a puma or wild boar! Racoons are cool though. We should let them stay..:)

Personally I would release wolves
















In the dail

phasers

I've a friend who swears her granny keeps wolves at her gaff down the country

steddyeddy

phasers wrote: »

I've a friend who swears her granny keeps wolves at her gaff down the country

Some people do keep wolves I beleive!

phasers

steddyeddy wrote: »

Some people do keep wolves I beleive!

Mad bastards!

steddyeddy

phasers wrote: »

Mad bastards!

well judging by the relased species some people also kept wild boar and big cats!

Capt'n Midnight

Reintroduce wolves and bears

then try DNA from one of them big deer too

steddyeddy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Reintroduce wolves and bears

then try DNA from one of them big deer too

With you on the bears and wolves! Wouldnt object to an Irish elk either!!

Kojak

steddyeddy wrote: »

What other animals would you release in Ireland if you could

A yeti

steddyeddy

Kojak wrote: »

A yeti

Hve to catch it first mate people have been trying that for quite a while now!

Capt'n Midnight

steddyeddy wrote: »

Hve to catch it first mate people have been trying that for quite a while now!

just follow the big foot prints :rolleyes:

steddyeddy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

just follow the big foot prints :rolleyes:

Thats america and canada .

mjcom4d

Be savage having wolves bears Irish elk maybe a herd of American bison and boars for hunting there was a BBC documentry one a while ago called a moose in the glen it's about something like this you can see bits of it on YouTube he has 23000 acres and starts of with a herd of boars then moose

steddyeddy

mjcom4d wrote: »

Be savage having wolves bears Irish elk maybe a herd of American bison and boars for hunting there was a BBC documentry one a while ago called a moose in the glen it's about something like this you can see bits of it on YouTube he has 23000 acres and starts of with a herd of boars then moose

Never seen that one but I seen a simular documentry about rewilding on bbc horizons about the reintroduction of the wolf back to yellowstone and bears back into the italian alps.

I would love if the wolf was brought back here it would be interesting to see the effect they would have on deer populations. Im guessing they would also attack foxs simular to how the coyotes have been attacked and killed by the wolves in yellowstone.

mjcom4d

Like myself and many others I would not want those predators near my cattle or sheep

mjcom4d

steddyeddy wrote: »

Never seen that one but I seen a simular documentry about rewilding on bbc horizons about the reintroduction of the wolf back to yellowstone and bears back into the italian alps.

I would love if the wolf was brought back here it would be interesting to see the effect they would have on deer populations. Im guessing they would also attack foxs simular to how the coyotes have been attacked and killed by the wolves in yellowstone.

There's bits on YouTube he can't get everyone to agree he tries fencing them in to please neighbouring farmers but then the hillwalkers don't want s fence either

steddyeddy

mjcom4d wrote: »

Like myself and many others I would not want those predators near my cattle or sheep

I can understand that in fairness. When they released bears in the alps they stupidly released them near apiary were bee keepers were already struggling to keep afloat and several bears basically wrecked his colonies and put him out of business. It was a silly and costly move.

steddyeddy

mjcom4d wrote: »

Be savage having wolves bears Irish elk maybe a herd of American bison and boars for hunting there was a BBC documentry one a while ago called a moose in the glen it's about something like this you can see bits of it on YouTube he has 23000 acres and starts of with a herd of boars then moose

There are wild boars in ireland at the moment I understand several groups are desperate to get rid of them as they spread disease to livestock. Ill try look it up thanks.

jill_valentine

My dad used to know some mad bastard down the country who did indeed have a pet wolf. Have no idea how he got hold of it, but he was known to be the sort of gent who could get hold of such a thing if he had a mind to, so it wasn't even the most surprising thing about him.

The wolf itself was freaking enormous, and used to just wander around the house like a giant carnivorous table. Always wondered what became of it whenever it surely eventually ate it's owner and made a break for it. Probably used the house to lure Red Riding Hood to her doom or something.

steddyeddy

jill_valentine wrote: »

My dad used to know some mad bastard down the country who did indeed have a pet wolf. Have no idea how he got hold of it, but he was known to be the sort of gent who could get hold of such a thing if he had a mind to, so it wasn't even the most surprising thing about him.

The wolf itself was freaking enormous, and used to just wander around the house like a giant carnivorous table. Always wondered what became of it whenever it surely eventually ate it's owner and made a break for it. Probably used the house to lure Red Riding Hood to her doom or something.

HA. Yea theres a few about alright its not that hard to smuggle animals into country. I could get ya a tiger for 20,000 and a rhino for 60,000 the horn will cost ya 40,000! My mate is desperate to get a pet chimp, if he did I wouldnt be down his house again!!

DjFlin

Snakes. Just to piss off ol' Saint Paddy.

Capt'n Midnight

mjcom4d wrote: »

Like myself and many others I would not want those predators near my cattle or sheep

Well we could ban dogs too.

Or we could ban EU livestock subsidies.



How do you stop wild deer from eating your grass ?

Capt'n Midnight

steddyeddy wrote: »

There are wild boars in ireland at the moment I understand several groups are desperate to get rid of them as they spread disease to livestock. Ill try look it up thanks.

Just like badgers eh ?

Never heard how that story ended, how come badgers up north don't have TB , unless perhaps they caught it off cattle ?

Capt'n Midnight

steddyeddy wrote: »

My mate is desperate to get a pet chimp, if he did I wouldnt be down his house again!!

LOL

Is it true that humans are the only primate you can house train ?

mjcom4d

A bit of topic but I'm soon getting my first gun and I I was wondering can I hunt the boars

mjcom4d

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Well we could ban dogs too.

Or we could ban EU livestock subsidies.



How do you stop wild deer from eating your grass ?

Don see why we would ban dogs when ya can shoot them if there a threat to you're livestock why would you even think of banning crucial money for thousands of families in Ireland that are struggling as it is and you can stop deer by puttin up big fences or shootin them

Osgoodisgood

Beaver

steddyeddy

mjcom4d wrote: »

A bit of topic but I'm soon getting my first gun and I I was wondering can I hunt the boars

Im not sure it has a population big enough to hunt but as far as I know theres no law against hunting them. Finding them would be the hardest part I imagine.

steddyeddy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Just like badgers eh ?

Never heard how that story ended, how come badgers up north don't have TB , unless perhaps they caught it off cattle ?

To be honest the disease thing has no hard evidence behind it, the tb thing is a little suspect aswell considering as you pointed out the badgers in the north seem not to catch disease of "free state badgers".

steddyeddy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Well we could ban dogs too.

Or we could ban EU livestock subsidies.



How do you stop wild deer from eating your grass ?

Dogs pose more of a threat to livestock than wolves even in the countries that have both species.

Crann na Beatha

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steddyeddy

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

LOL

Is it true that humans are the only primate you can house train ?

After seeing what that chimp did to that woman in America I would be more worried about me loosing control of my bowels if I was in close proximty with one!