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NickB79

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38. I never said I shoot cats or dogs

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 06:18 PM

Mar 2022

I said I support exterminating them when they threaten native wildlife as feral or free-ranging. For example, as Australia is doing to protect their native species, as a state-sanctioned, well-placed, overwhelming action backed by science. Unfortunately, they're acting after dozens have gone extinct already.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/australias-cats-kill-two-billion-animals-annually-180977235/

The science is clear regarding the damage feral predators do. And as you said, science-based decisions using population control is the purview of the state wildlife officials and their academic partners--not inconvenienced home-owners or the generally disgruntled. If you believe this, actions like those taken in Australia are a non-issue.

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Ducks have got to go [View all] mahina Mar 2022 OP

apartment I lived in, put in the fake alligator. it sits in the pool, its tail waving back & forth Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #1

more Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #2

Thanks. Did it work? mahina Mar 2022 #3

A real alligator would work better. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2022 #4

Hokay mahina Mar 2022 #5

not sure. they removed it. The kids kept messing with it. Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #6

One day those kids will go to Florida. The result won't be pretty. FSogol Mar 2022 #9

JHC hlthe2b Mar 2022 #7

Non-native ducks are a real problem in Hawaii NickB79 Mar 2022 #31

I don't doubt that, just as on occasion, introduced snakes are. Notify HI Fish & Wildlife. hlthe2b Mar 2022 #32

I'm just as much a fan of exterminating free-roaming cats for the damage they do NickB79 Mar 2022 #33

Seriously, decoy Owl or decoy Swans will scare away ducks. Emile Mar 2022 #8

Are you sure? mahina Mar 2022 #19

Google Swan Decoys scare ducks away Emile Mar 2022 #22

Ah, to have such problems. Meanwhile, we're freezing our behinds off on the east coast Vinca Mar 2022 #10

So I am reading your post this am without my glasses Horse with no Name Mar 2022 #12

That would be really remarkable mahina Mar 2022 #13

I've heard of pigs flying, but cows???? ROFL. Vinca Mar 2022 #14

Sorry mate. mahina Mar 2022 #18

Don't know the deets, but it sounds like an invasive species... Wounded Bear Mar 2022 #11

I understand. mahina Mar 2022 #16

These are migratory birds and covered under Federal law. Only HI Fish & Wildlife can deal with this hlthe2b Mar 2022 #35

Capture and cage them, feed them and eat the eggs. panader0 Mar 2022 #15

How do you catch them? mahina Mar 2022 #17

U tube has several videos about capturing ducks. panader0 Mar 2022 #20

I need a new project mahina Mar 2022 #26

Any private "nuisance animal control" companies in your town? GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #21

Good idea thank you mahina Mar 2022 #25

See my post above yours #35. You are advising something against Federal law. hlthe2b Mar 2022 #36

You just need to get to know them better... Fozzledick Mar 2022 #23

Man I forgot all about that mahina Mar 2022 #27

Not sure what this duck problem is, but he seems to be looking for something! Emile Mar 2022 #24

Slightly hilarious mahina Mar 2022 #28

I'd rather discuss duck-crap, too Hekate Mar 2022 #29

Hey sis mahina Mar 2022 #42

If they're non-native and threatening native species, they have to be killed NickB79 Mar 2022 #30

Only the state wildlife department is authorized to deal w this. They are protected under Federal hlthe2b Mar 2022 #34

I never said I shoot cats or dogs NickB79 Mar 2022 #38

Authorized science-driven Fish & Wildlife agencies using reviewed population control measures hlthe2b Mar 2022 #39

Who wants to sound macho? NickB79 Mar 2022 #40

Turns out no mahina Mar 2022 #37

They're good all crispy with Hoisin sauce Hekate Mar 2022 #41