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Hi Pat & All, Dec 6, 2007
If a Texan gets in hot water for shooting a feral cat imagine what
would happen, in view of our recent anti-gun obssession, to a Canadian
who thought of reaching for a gun. Tasered to a crisp comes to mind.
I was interested to hear of unexpectedly different UK attitudes last
year. At one place in northern England, where my wife was visiting
friends, the wife of the house routinely shot rabbits in the garden; so
far without repercussions. In Essex, at a farmer's market, game was for
sale by a man who hunted, dressed and sold game to supplement his
income. And game is a standby of butcher shops [perhaps not trucked live
to the far ends of the earth for government inspection before being
trucked back for sale].
Yt, DW
P.L. Chalmers wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I must confess that I find it difficult to come to grips with
> the idea of earthworms as alien species. I just don't know enough
> about these things. I also agree with David Webster that the invasive
> species which causes me the most concern is closer to home. So, in a
> related vein, I thought that many here might find this recent article
> interesting (although I know that I risk setting the cat among the
> plovers, as it were).
>
> I'm not sure how long this will be freely accessible on the
> website - perhaps only this week?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patricia L. Chalmers
> Halifax
>
>
> Kill the Cat That Kills the Bird?
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/magazine/02cats-v--birds-t.html?ref=magazine>
>
>
> By BRUCE BARCOTT
>
> When a leading bird-watcher in Texas shot one of the feral cats that
> had been stalking piping plovers, he started the kind of war that only
> really concerned humans can wage...
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/
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