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  1. Farnboro John

    Bison coming to Kent (Merged Thread)

    Lemmee see, Indian Elephant is the closest proxy for Steppe Mammoth..... ;) John
  2. Farnboro John

    Bison coming to Kent (Merged Thread)

    Oh, all right, not worth doing then. Forget rewilding or conservation in general (unless its teeny tiny things we can have a lot of without anyone noticing), cos we'll only have to manage populations later. Really??? Do you think we shouldn't have Red Deer because the populations have to be...
  3. Farnboro John

    Bison coming to Kent (Merged Thread)

    Yeah, but what's one idiot between friends? How many citizens do you lose on the roads each year? Darwin gets his way in the end.... :t: John
  4. Farnboro John

    Bison coming to Kent (Merged Thread)

    Glad to hear it. Thank you John! :t: John
  5. Farnboro John

    Bison coming to Kent (Merged Thread)

    One difference is that nobody goes overboard to the media touting the use of farm animals as an "introduction" or ending the absence of animals from Britain. It's straightforward dishonesty when putting four Bison in a field (and I've seen maybe twenty or so in a "big field" at Kingussie) is...
  6. Farnboro John

    Bison coming to Kent (Merged Thread)

    But we know the impact they will have. They are being put there because their effects on vegetation and landscape are already known (as are the effects of European Beavers). The media articles tell us clearly what duties the Bison will be expected to fulfill. The question is why they are being...
  7. Farnboro John

    Bison coming to Kent (Merged Thread)

    There are a lot more than four in the Scottish Wildlife Park at Kingussie but I wouldn't tick them either. Take the fences away and I'll think about it. I can't see what the fuss is about that requires fencing them in, anyway: they roam wild in Poland and the American version is common in...
  8. Farnboro John

    Bison coming to Kent (Merged Thread)

    This is not by any feat of imagination an introduction, any more than buying a new dog would "introduce" Canis familiaris to Houseman Road, Farnborough. It's putting a small number of funny-shaped cows in a field. Introductions and reintroductions (are they not claiming this is the latter?)...
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