Sorry, can't think why I thought it was Nick that posted. It was Gregotyn. Sorry both.
No, Dpack, I don't think so. Humans have inhabited most parts of the world from before the last ice age, and they have plenty of natural predators. Certainly in the UK and other heavily populated countries, most of the predators have been destroyed, but humans recolonized the UK as the ice retreated, in the same way as other animals.
Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Posts: 34535 Location: Hereford
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 15 11:00 am Post subject:
No worries. I thought I might have posted drunk. I tend to operate in a beaver free zone, tho.
They are a bit thin on the ground round here too as we don't have any streams within a few miles. We do have one coup in the woods called Beaver Acre though. The man that did the coppicing for us used a machete, and worked round some of the stems high like a beaver. We finished them lower with a chainsaw. Looked just like the beaver work in Devon. He went there afterwards.......
sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 15 4:42 pm Post subject: Re: good news cos they build watersheds
one possible cause of the spread through europe might be urban foxes but puppy farming/trafficking is another and more plausible vector,it is unlikely that beaver transport is a major factor but it is good they pass as healthy
many folk are not good at worming mutts ,if one uses a broad spectrum spot on for most vermin and an oral specific for the tape worm varieties then the beaver relevant ones are included in the fallen.
the rise in farmed/trafficked fashionable and pedigree pups from the extended eu and post(avoiding)the rabies controls has given good vectors for a variety of parasites and diseases to spread to new areas.
worming is not not only good for bonzo ,worming is good for everything except worms.
General dog health is a good thing. One thing that worries me about the dog muck left in the woods is that foxes or badgers can catch something from it. That is apart from the risk of stepping in it or getting it on our hands if something falls in it.
sean Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 42223 Location: North Devon
Glad the beavers are officially healthy and released. Lets hope they can live happily with the locals.
Depends on what it is, but I would disagee with the statement about alien plants. We are very worried about Spanish bluebell invading our English bluebell wood.
buzzy
Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Posts: 3708 Location: In a small wood on the edge of the Huntingdonshire Wolds
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 15 11:21 pm Post subject:
I see the Daily Wail's headline is a careful and measured response -
"Fears grow as ravenous tree-eaters as big as collie dogs return to an English river - Are beavers about to chew up Britain?"
I tend to operate in a beaver free zone, tho.
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