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 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! Well Maltenby , that is another way of looking at it, but i think you will still find they are mammals. They feed from their mothers mammary glands, ergo, mammal. I have photographed them on a couple of occasions in the wild and i should imagine that yes, if over populated, they could cause damage. However, it would be something to say that they are a threat to the capers!! It would be a shame (on lomond) not to net them and start a new colony elsewhere, but i fear this would cause a fair amount of stress on them and they look like the kind of critters that wouldnt take kindly to the stress of being moved. They cause little impact , even though they are an alien species.... Lets hope they continue to remain on our shores.........JD 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! Well Maltenby , that is another way of looking at it, but i think you will still find they are mammals. They feed from their mothers mammary glands, ergo, mammal. I have photographed them on a couple of occasions in the wild and i should imagine that yes, if over populated, they could cause damage. However, it would be something to say that they are a threat to the capers!! It would be a shame (on lomond) not to net them and start a new colony elsewhere, but i fear this would cause a fair amount of stress on them and they look like the kind of critters that wouldnt take kindly to the stress of being moved. They cause little impact , even though they are an alien species.... Lets hope they continue to remain on our shores.........JD Aye, didn't think about the milk JD! They're still a mammal, just a different subfamily of mammals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest busterdog Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) I went with my cousin to buy a lurcher pup in the roaches a long time back and the chap who we met had "amongst other things" at least four to five wallabies being stuffed in his pantry. This man claimed to have taken dozens of them over the years, with the proof right in front of me there was no arguing, he had taken all with lurchers. Edited July 23, 2009 by busterdog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 That must have been a good while back Busterdog, I beleive they have been "extinct" in that area for at least a decade and half. It's a shame that populations die out...JD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Garypco 3 Posted July 24, 2009 Report Share Posted July 24, 2009 That must have been a good while back Busterdog, I beleive they have been "extinct" in that area for at least a decade and half. It's a shame that populations die out...JD there was a good population in ilfracombe a few years ago... dont know what the situation is there now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yoggerman 5 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 theres a colony of the feckers near henley-on-thames, i personaly know a chap who shot one there........ also a couple of friends of mine swear they saw one on tadley-common, there also suposed to be near newbury the greenham area.............................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donk 12 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Up on the downs near dunstable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
byron 1,190 Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 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 ??? one or two, years back on lincs marshes .. escapee.s from local zoo.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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