FERALS

Nigel said:
The biggest pest problem ( by FAR ) is possums -- the Australian variety , not the American ones .
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Possums are a problem in Australia too ... we just aren't allowed to kill them :eek:

Although it is mostly just sleep deprived humans who suffer at the paws of the dreaded possum :D

We have one who lives next door, but goes out to play each night (sometime between 1am and 3am) gleefully bounding across our neighbour's tin carport roof before jumping into the tree just outside our bedroom window and running down through the branches and along the side of our house.
 
You are lucky not to have foxes in NZ. I wonder why the idiots who introduced them to Australia did not introduce them there. If they were introduced Kiwis and Kakapo would likly be extinct. NZ has some very interesting introduced species. Tahr and Chamois have done very well. I have herd there are several species of Walabies including at least one which is either extinct or close to it in Australia.
 
Monty said:
I have herd there are several species of Walabies including at least one which is either extinct or close to it in Australia.
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That's probably Parma Wallaby, which was introduced a long time ago to some island off NZ, and later became extinct(or close to) in Australia. Some Uk zoos have them too, but they all, or nearly all derive from the New Zealand stock which was 'rediscovered' some years ago.
 
patrick said:
at night my local park is FULL of ferals!

they play bongos and twirl firesticks. then in the afternoons (after they wake up) they are usually found down at centrelink....
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If these ferals are a problem, just leave some soap and shampoo down the park. They don't like it and will do anything to avoid it.
 
leave the ferals alone! the hairy arm pits/forests of the hippy women are probably enough to carbon neautralise Melbourne for a year. ;)
 
I had to destroy a feral rusa deer at work on the weekend. This is a regular thing where i work. A deer is injured by a car at least two times a month. Ferals are taking over!!
 
Why don't we invest all the money being put towards the kangaroo cull into killing feral animals. My first picks would be cats and feral dogs.
 
Do you get to use your glock to shoot injured deer while at work. Is it true that there is a lot of paperwork every time you fire a shot.

Did you get a feed of venison. My wife actually hit a deer last week and broke both its back legs. I went straight there and shot at thinking most of the meat would be brused. I was amazed to find no brusing at all. Just finished a very nice venison stew.:)

Pity they dont open the forests in that area to R lisence holders, that should get their numbers down at not cost to the taxpayer. The curent government control program costs about $500 per deer.
 
Monty said:
Do you get to use your glock to shoot injured deer while at work. Is it true that there is a lot of paperwork every time you fire a shot.

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yes. used my glock. the paper work is nothing just a quick entry on the police computer system. it would have taken me about five minutes to do.
didn't get a feed of venison.:)
 
Well I have a second house (shack) in Middleton which is next to Victor harbor. There is a reserve across the road and one morning I went for a walk and all i saw was rabbits in the reserve and in the backyard fairy wrens used to be there in like 40s and now they come as pairs because of the rabbits have eaten all the food.
 
Phillip Island must be the rabbit headquarters of Australia. They're everywhere.
 
A bloke I know bought a small farm at Goulburn (in rural N.S.W.) to use as a week-ender, somewhere for his kids to ride their trailbikes. It was rather poor country.

The first weekend there he made the acquaintance of his old next-door neighbour. Making small-talk, he asked the neighbour, "Is there a rabbit problem here?" "Well, I've got them", said the old bloke, "but your place is too poor for rabbits!" :p
 
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