Also UK – Should we bring back the ultimate dog breed?
Only if we have enough XL Bullies here to protect us.
Wolves are found everywhere except the UK where we hunted them into extinction. I don’t see any other country buckling under the strain of housing a wolf population so yes, I vote to re-introduce them.
Umm.. no.
Real Wolves are too widely ranging and when they range (to follow their food) they’re extremely territorial. They’ll deliberately hunt down and kill other potential predators in their “feeding grounds”.
A much better fit for the UK would be a medium cat like the lynx.
Due to the UK’s uniquely fucked up and artificial environment we don’t actually HAVE herds of roaming wildlife for them to follow, eat and (oddly) kinda protect. There’s no natural circulation here. What we’ve got is relatively stationary herds all crossed over with farmers interests and a sub 80 group iq.
Only if we enforce a law that says any man describing himself as “alpha”, has to go and live with them for a week to test his claim.
Yes, not particularly because I like wolves. I just hate people.
Yes, let’s put a few in downing Street and see how it goes
It’d have a good effect on the environment. Just look at what happened in Yellowstone after they reintroduced wolves after they killed them all.
Wolves and beavers, two very different animals, together could completely rejuvenate the United Kingdom’s environment.
Anyone saying it’s impossible has to recall that wolves and bears both existed in the UK and both were hunted to extinction.
NO. Hell No. For the love of God No. Just No No No No. And No.
Wolves are fucking huge meat eaters. Thank God we don’t have them. They would attack livestock, and eventually we would have an isolated attack on a camper leading to a campaign to have them all culled.
What’s next. Reintroduce the bear. Introduce venomous snakes. Tarantula. Crocodiles.
We want to enjoy days out to the country, and not worry about wolves.
I would be curious how dangerous it would be.
They are talking about the Scottish Highlands, so a fairly sparsely populated area, but relatively popular for hiking/camping.
In comparable areas where there are wolves, how many people are hurt/killed by them each year? What sort of precautions would/could we take to mitigate the risk (education, food storage, deterrents, protection etc.) and how effective might they be?
They’re already free roaming in a couple of large sanctuary areas.
Wolves are the answer to almost every societal problem.
Noisy charvers making a racket at 3am? Release the wolves.
Someone breaking into your shed? Wolves.
Oldest daughters boyfriend is a loser? Wolves.
Neighbour is an arsehole? Wolves.
Etc etc.
So yeah, I’m definitely in favour of the idea.
Yes, yes, yes, and Lynx
Human predation takes orders of magnitudes more sheep ([10s of thousands a year](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34809198)) than any amount of wolves could, and wolves are naturally shy – even in areas where they are common they don’t attack humans.
Wonder what ancient humans would think – “You got magic weapons to protect yourselfs and killed off all dangerous predators. Then you banned them and reintroduced the predators! Are you fuckin’ stupid?”
And then the first TikToker gets themselves eaten trying to get a selfie
I would prefer not
If there is a compelling argument as to why (more compelling than ‘we used to have them’) I would listen to it
But on balance I would prefer a lack of wild predators
In Italy the group of wolves are spreading everywhere causing lots of damages tò the herds.
The growh of wolves population was encouraged thinking that they could reduce the numbers of boors but they find more easy to attack sheep rather than boors
Sure why not…maybe they will kill some greedy rich people and the rest will fall in line…
Not like the UK government is doing anything about corporate greed
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UK – DOGS ARE KILLING US
Also UK – Should we bring back the ultimate dog breed?
Only if we have enough XL Bullies here to protect us.
Wolves are found everywhere except the UK where we hunted them into extinction. I don’t see any other country buckling under the strain of housing a wolf population so yes, I vote to re-introduce them.
Umm.. no.
Real Wolves are too widely ranging and when they range (to follow their food) they’re extremely territorial. They’ll deliberately hunt down and kill other potential predators in their “feeding grounds”.
A much better fit for the UK would be a medium cat like the lynx.
Due to the UK’s uniquely fucked up and artificial environment we don’t actually HAVE herds of roaming wildlife for them to follow, eat and (oddly) kinda protect. There’s no natural circulation here. What we’ve got is relatively stationary herds all crossed over with farmers interests and a sub 80 group iq.
Only if we enforce a law that says any man describing himself as “alpha”, has to go and live with them for a week to test his claim.
Yes, not particularly because I like wolves. I just hate people.
Yes, let’s put a few in downing Street and see how it goes
It’d have a good effect on the environment. Just look at what happened in Yellowstone after they reintroduced wolves after they killed them all.
Wolves and beavers, two very different animals, together could completely rejuvenate the United Kingdom’s environment.
Anyone saying it’s impossible has to recall that wolves and bears both existed in the UK and both were hunted to extinction.
NO. Hell No. For the love of God No. Just No No No No. And No.
Wolves are fucking huge meat eaters. Thank God we don’t have them. They would attack livestock, and eventually we would have an isolated attack on a camper leading to a campaign to have them all culled.
What’s next. Reintroduce the bear. Introduce venomous snakes. Tarantula. Crocodiles.
We want to enjoy days out to the country, and not worry about wolves.
I would be curious how dangerous it would be.
They are talking about the Scottish Highlands, so a fairly sparsely populated area, but relatively popular for hiking/camping.
In comparable areas where there are wolves, how many people are hurt/killed by them each year? What sort of precautions would/could we take to mitigate the risk (education, food storage, deterrents, protection etc.) and how effective might they be?
They’re already free roaming in a couple of large sanctuary areas.
Wolves are the answer to almost every societal problem.
Noisy charvers making a racket at 3am? Release the wolves.
Someone breaking into your shed? Wolves.
Oldest daughters boyfriend is a loser? Wolves.
Neighbour is an arsehole? Wolves.
Etc etc.
So yeah, I’m definitely in favour of the idea.
Yes, yes, yes, and Lynx
Human predation takes orders of magnitudes more sheep ([10s of thousands a year](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-34809198)) than any amount of wolves could, and wolves are naturally shy – even in areas where they are common they don’t attack humans.
Wonder what ancient humans would think – “You got magic weapons to protect yourselfs and killed off all dangerous predators. Then you banned them and reintroduced the predators! Are you fuckin’ stupid?”
And then the first TikToker gets themselves eaten trying to get a selfie
I would prefer not
If there is a compelling argument as to why (more compelling than ‘we used to have them’) I would listen to it
But on balance I would prefer a lack of wild predators
In Italy the group of wolves are spreading everywhere causing lots of damages tò the herds.
The growh of wolves population was encouraged thinking that they could reduce the numbers of boors but they find more easy to attack sheep rather than boors
Sure why not…maybe they will kill some greedy rich people and the rest will fall in line…
Not like the UK government is doing anything about corporate greed