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15 hours ago, Welsh_red said:

I read they dont want to dart it but wanted to cage trap it . Can't understand why they won't dart it

Its nothing to do with wanting to dart or not.  It is about the practical realities. Darts are not some wonder miracle way to knock out animals.  Maximum range is around 20 metres for a dart and the slightest puff of breeze will half this range. The dart needs to hit muscle which really only gives the thigh as a target on a small animal like a lynx. The slightest amount of excitime nt or alarm and the drugs become less effective due to adrenalin in the animals system. And even a drug like etorphine which is incredibly efficient will take around 15 minutes to work in which time a lynx could travel a long distance and be impossible to find. 

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5 hours ago, beast said:

Its nothing to do with wanting to dart or not.  It is about the practical realities. Darts are not some wonder miracle way to knock out animals.  Maximum range is around 20 metres for a dart and the slightest puff of breeze will half this range. The dart needs to hit muscle which really only gives the thigh as a target on a small animal like a lynx. The slightest amount of excitime nt or alarm and the drugs become less effective due to adrenalin in the animals system. And even a drug like etorphine which is incredibly efficient will take around 15 minutes to work in which time a lynx could travel a long distance and be impossible to find. 

Also no animal cam go into the human food chain once they have been darted.

So the chinese takeaway's lose out too. 

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