Yeah some people seem to get all cuddly about these creatures when they aren't affected personally. Bet if old Roland rat started scampering unhindered around their houses biting and spreading disease they wouldn't be aaaw look the poor little furry things were here first. It would be out baseball bat and poison.
With due respect you did include the terms --"if we weren't there? " & "when people encroach upon their space," & again "respect their space"
Hang on a minute, very fond of Rats , what give you the right to do them harm .
I'm going to take a wild guess here and say that all conservation groups say that
Yes I am saying we can be there, just expect wild animals. I don't think we have a "right" to expect wild animals to conform to our safe expectations.
In which case my original post stands & I reserve the right to move em on if I feel threatened.
I think an awful lot of the animal world would wish we had kept to our natural environment (and looked after it a bit better) I can't be arsed to get into an environmental philosophical debate as I am as guilty as anyone of environmental hypocrisy (drive a diesel car, own a plastic boat etc. etc.) but times are changing and sooner or later we as a species are going to be stuffed if we don't look after our home a bit more.
That makes no sense to me?In which case my original post stands & I reserve the right to move em on if I feel threatened.
Having had rats in the garage, that would get my vote too
Like I said, none of us are perfect environmentalists, which is the problem possibly.Probably would not to you, but to the majority it would make obvious sense. Nobody suggested harming them. Just getting them to move away to avoid getting harmed one's self. That I think is the general consensus of the thread. If is difficult to avoid going through the zone then a situation may well arise.. Therefore, we need to deal with it as & when it arises. The point of this thread is to discuss options. We will not get the answer but raising the subject must raise interest. I will never sail through the area. i suspect many of those reading this thread will not either. That does not stop us having an opinion. Nor does it stop us learning in the event of a similar situation arising elsewhere. Then i might be involved.
I think people veiw would be very different if it was happening on their door step ,
If due to climate change (whoa! whole sub-forum for that one ? ) Orcas took up residence in East Coast mud land, then yes, my view would be different. My view just wouldn't involve, as suggested earlier, killing, scaring, or moving on. Do people who want to go swimming off their boats in South Africa insist all great whites within a 5 mile radius are moved on? God knows what they do in Australia where everything seems intent on killing/eating/stinging people. More yachts have possibly been sunk by containers than by orcas. (granted, the containers won't eat you)
What happen in places like Australia, once a animal attack some one it's hunter down when possible.
