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  1. Born Hunter
    Yeah, I sort of conflated the two. They might be different but both have to be sustainable. Commercial whaling has more in kin with commercial fishing than subsistence or sport hunting/fishing and really should be treated as such here. I don't think the hunting conservation model can easily be applied to populations that reside in the oceans as no one can take ownership of them the same way we can land. They have to be treated like national parks/public lands with the international community the custodians and law enforcers.
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    I know Barry, errr I mean, mate!
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    Funny it’s always the Japs being demonised. Often forgot they ain’t the only folks at it.... Id like to hear about the level of sentience of whales personally. That has to be a factor in the morality of this surely. Also the conservation history of the species that is actually harvested. There’s a difference there between modern whaling and historical.
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    You're an international people trafficker aren't you Mackem? Ive got you sussed!
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    Ooooo I quite fancy going whaling! Not that commercial high tech sort, but with first nations/aboriginals. If stocks are sustainable I'm not really sure we have grounds to oppose it, do we? Give me ya best argument whale warriors! LOL.
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    Tahr And chamois hunting in NZ Fiordland. (In the works for next spring, fingers and toes crossed) Yellowstone NP as part of a bit of a US West road trip WILL be following NZ. Dream would be to hunt Dall ram in the mountains, but $$$ right! Finally Patagonia has sort of come on my radar recently too. Sub Saharan Africa would be on that list too of course. That's a start! Islands in the middle of nowhere interest me too. Ascension and the Falklands particularly.
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    100 million percent! Politics should be taught so people know how the country actually works. It's probably the most important thing adults should know imo.
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    I gathered that from your first post mate. I think marks words are good ‘by the book’ advice, many folks would agree too and it’s where I started with dogs, I just don’t agree with it these days. Pups are hassle and if a good adolescent/mature dog comes along then I believe the same end product is achieved without having to change ya life too much. There are men about that have full kennels and have the privilege to get rid of dogs just because they don’t get on with them or maybe they have a fault that makes them unsuitable for that mans particular work/standard. These fellas are worth k
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    That's brilliant! If I was mega wealthy and had a grand house I'd 100% have one of those (full skeleton) mounted in the reception room hall! HA.
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    Bradgate eh? Have a wonder over the border to Wollaton Hall. Deer park bang in the middle or the Nottingham sprawl and got a free natural history museum that I was impressed by.
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    Aren't they the best kind?..................... keeps em out the f***ing way!
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    Mate, that's so f***ing cool!
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    I don't think that's true. You know the right people then decent dogs are passed on. One man's meat is another's poison. I can think of two saplings that I've been offered and turned down that went on to be the best dogs in their respective kennels. A third more recently, I took and have absolutely no regrets over it. I've seen nothing to suggest that getting a pup in is of any more advantage than a sapling. Don't consider this a lost cause big napper. Keepers and trialling folk is where I'd be looking. There is a multitude of reasons why both pass on dogs unsuitable to them but perfectly
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    I mean, I can't 100% rule that out but I'm errring towards it being dead. lol
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    European tradition. The quarry gets a last feed I believe to honour it. I believe vegetation is also used to cover the gunshot wound, perhaps out of respect and decent presentation, but I'm not sure.
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    “f**k walking back down”
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    Yes you definitely are. What I’m saying is it should be phased out entirely and let people sort their own retirement out. No issue of government squandering away our pension then or trying to justify raising the age because that generation hasn’t paid in long enoug. With of course a small safety net for those that weren’t able to sustain a private pension. if I’m not mistaken my national insurance contributions aren’t for me, they’re to pay for the pensioners of today. It’s just a mess and frankly it’s be better off privatised. And yep, that means that I wouldn’t get a state pension even
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    Not all of them but maybe some are. The sooner it's abolished the better imo. Save government 'taking care' of it, only to squander it and make the next generation pay instead. Everyone should be responsible for their own retirement with a minimum safety net for those that are societies most deprived.
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    It's reported that they used 'super recognisers' to review the footage and look for people they had seen before on it. Seems archaic to me when we have AI software for these jobs surely? Anyway, I think forensics is a perfectly reasonable explanation for why it took so long to release the names. They may well have already identified these gentlemen but without the results from their hotel room etc didn't feel they had enough evidence.
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    Elon Musk

    Born Hunter replied to hawki's topic in General Talk

    Watched it last night. He's got some interesting predictions of the future and in the second half he was more normal but fuuuuuck he's well up on the spectrum eh! Im proper normal compared to him. Good podcast, I expected to hate the guy but I learnt a lot and he came across alright.
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    Horse shit
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    That's a fair comment, and I admit I don't know all the details but have seen enough to have faith in what Scotland Yard are saying. I'd counter that by saying if it was bullshit why take so long to make up their identities? Again I'm no expert but in my experience often there is a perfectly reasonable explanation.
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    I read his book a few years ago now. He talks about how that accident completely knocked him psychologically. It's a good read from what I remember.
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    That's not quite accurate. The police investigation has identified two men who are known to have entered the country via Gatwick and leaving via Heathrow over a 48hr period. They visited Salisbury the day before the attack and then returned the day of the attack. They stayed at a hotel in London where Novichok was found in addition to eight other locations that tie in with their movements. In addition I'd bet that GCHQ have signals intelligence to support this and MI6 probably have partial files on some of the individuals connected which points to them being GRU. I'm speculating on this b
  25. Born Hunter
    I have, which is why I say it. Here is the budget for last year. Even if you tipped it all into a small area of the budget like defence, it'd only be a 30% boost. 30% would be significant for defence by the way. It'd make a big impact if all tipped into Policing too. In a budget area like pensions, health or social though it'd be swallowed with little impact. Anyway, that's one idea, that won't happen.
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