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Aneirin -> RE: Polish potatoes unlawful in Britain (4/23/2010 8:43:32 AM)
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I have learned, where nature is concerned, people are better leaving it alone, as we do not know or even understand the intricacies of what nature does. We don't yet understand our own species, so why think we know about the wild creatures. Our best bet as far as I can see, is basically in what we do, have a thought for other forms of life where it exists, ( which is basically everywhere as nature is so adaptable),and if we want to promote wild life in Britain, think of others before ourselves, in others, I am indicating other life forms.
So, we have these new creatures out living wild in the enviroment, creatures that came via migration and stayed, creatures that were brought in as produce and there escaped or were let free or by whatever other means, they are not native to these shores, what are we to do about them, let them live and become part of our rich tapestry of wild life, or seek out and destroy anything that we know comes from abroad.
Fine given the publicity about the grey squirrels and red squirrels, I suppose not many would mind if actions were taken to eradicate the grey species, but if that was taken as a maxim, the intent to eradicate other non native species, would the public have much or any stomach for the authorised destruction of other creatures,( some of them similarly cute and cuddly), just because they are not native.
And say we did successfully eradicate non native creatures in our country, what would that do to the balance of nature, something suddenly going from the food chain or even enviroment management chain ( for wild animals do manage their enviroment ),do we know enough to recreate a balance, or are we best just leaving well alone and letting nature decide what thrives and what decays.
But going further on this, what about all the native British creatures man in his history has eradicated, the grey wolf, the cave bear, the wolverine, cave lion , the aurochs and a great many other creatures that we know became extinct in Britain, what about these, do we reintroduce them, as it makes sense that if we were trying to get the wildlife in Britain back to how it was, we also do our best to reintroduce extinct species, just like the successful reintroduction of the Red Kite.
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