MR POACH 2 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 (edited) i was talking to a chap at a terrier an lurcher meet on sunday , and he said someone told him that there are wallabies in this country , now i dont get out much so was wondering if this was true , and are they protected etc , etc , bla bla .............. and where ??? Edited July 21, 2009 by MR POACH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MR POACH 2 Posted July 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 would it matter if they were protected?? yes of course mate the only law breaking i do , is speeding , when we.re being chased :11: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 derbyshire and off the coast of scotland Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MR POACH 2 Posted July 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 derbyshire and off the coast of scotland so its true then , ........ where,s derbyshire , ................... im off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
artic 595 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Villages in and around Woburn. Plenty of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bedrock 16 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/m...ies-634097.html Read this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
awen 29 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 looks like its too late, about forty years too late, what a shame Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyla 3,179 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 A few escaped from Lenardslee gardens near here after the 1987 storm. There were a fair number about a few years back, used the wreck the pheasant feeders, but i dont know if they are still around Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kx100 66 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 ye at loch lomond on one of the wee islands thers a fair few Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alimac 882 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 north of the north east Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kx100 66 Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 dont no Quote Link to post Share on other sites
awen 29 Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 here ya go folks http://www.beastwatch.co.uk/Wallabies.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 It would be illegal to hunt them i believe.....Leave them be..... the derbyshire colony has long since been wiped out. In the Uk they favour dense willow and scrub and if it is marshy then alls the better. They eat vegetation but are very noctural in their habits. The odd escapee crops up from time to time, but there are not many true self-sustaining populations in the UK....JD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IanB 0 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Couple of month ago the owners of the Inchconnachan Island at loch lomond, were suggesting a cull, just to manage the population, as they were affecting native birds on the island, especially the capercaillie supposedly..?? http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-...86908-21419099/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 It would be illegal to hunt them i believe.....Leave them be..... the derbyshire colony has long since been wiped out. In the Uk they favour dense willow and scrub and if it is marshy then alls the better. They eat vegetation but are very noctural in their habits. The odd escapee crops up from time to time, but there are not many true self-sustaining populations in the UK....JD I agree with not hunting them, it's not as if they are numerous in number enough to warrant it, but the wording on the hunting act makes it illegal to hunt any wild mammal with dogs, aside from the exceptions. Thing is, as we all know wallabies are not mammals, they're marsupials... Just for arguments sake! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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