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  1. ChrisKten

    Windermere Canada geese cull to go ahead

    I'm amazed that I was even close, let alone "not quite right"|=)| So if pricking the eggs was started years ago, when I assume the population was smaller, a cull of adult birds might never have been necessary? And I think it's funny how the forum software has filtered out the word p r i c k in...
  2. ChrisKten

    Windermere Canada geese cull to go ahead

    You're forgetting something; all of the example "experts" you gave can be checked by other "experts", apart from the "Windermere Ranger", that apparently has no equal. If, for example, a GP says I need a particular treatment, I can get a second opinion. The time has long past of people...
  3. ChrisKten

    Windermere Canada geese cull to go ahead

    I've just been thinking (yeah, I don't do it often unless I have too), and I can't see how this cull is going to work. If there's 1000+ Geese, and you kill 200, that leaves 800+. I'd assume that at least 200 pairs would breed successfully, and have at least 3 young per pair? So, ignoring...
  4. ChrisKten

    Windermere Canada geese cull to go ahead

    I don't like anything being killed, but I especially don't like anything being killed unnecessarily. Of course, that's just the child in me, not the practical adult. OTOH, the "child in me" is what fuels my fascination with Wildlife; so I'm hopeful that I won't get too much like an adult|=)|...
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