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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 63229" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>The deer were originally released into Royal National Park soon after it was set up - it's second-oldest in the world, only Yellowstone is older. Back then, they wanted Royal as a recreation area outside Sydney, and thinking like British aristocracy, they wanted to "ride to hounds" so they released deer AND foxes. Great. We also have rabbits, feral goats and feral pigs. Just what you want to meet on a pleasant afternoon bushwalk.</p><p></p><p>We now have laws - everything inside a national park is protected. The park rangers and the government environmental agencies are given the task of cleaning out feral plants and animals, but this costs and a big job like this - the government needs to support it. </p><p>Plus, Australian laws on carrying weapons - we don't have hunting seasons in Australia, except for some bird species. Feral animals are left to professional shooters hired by government agencies.</p><p>Of course, illegal shooters go into these areas (including national parks) and hunt. It was these illegal deer hunters, posing as greenies, who blocked the full eradication back in 1994 (I recognised their faces on TV - small town, we know who hunts, word gets out who has some venison available).</p><p></p><p>Other animals hunted legally - kangaroos. They can build up to plague proportions and so hunters are given a quota and tags. Every carcass brought in MUST have a registered tag. Skins are sold, meat is used for pet food. The roo meat available for human consumption has been farmed, it's not wild.</p><p></p><p>I think in Tasmania they legally hunt some mammals.</p><p></p><p>As for diseases - our deer carry loads of ticks, they graze in the school grounds every night. When he was 8 difficult child 3 came home from school with 200 hatchlings one day. A week later, he had another 150. The jury is still out on Lyme Disease in Australia, but it's likely there are similar diseases. We also have scrub typhus carried by ticks.</p><p></p><p>We get illegal hunters shooting within the village too, because we sometimes find beheaded carcasses in the street. That's scary - the risk of a stray bullet close to houses.</p><p></p><p>If we want to kill a deer, the only legal way to do it is to hit one with the car - not recommended.</p><p></p><p>I'll try and find you a link on the problem, it's quite involved.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 63229, member: 1991"] The deer were originally released into Royal National Park soon after it was set up - it's second-oldest in the world, only Yellowstone is older. Back then, they wanted Royal as a recreation area outside Sydney, and thinking like British aristocracy, they wanted to "ride to hounds" so they released deer AND foxes. Great. We also have rabbits, feral goats and feral pigs. Just what you want to meet on a pleasant afternoon bushwalk. We now have laws - everything inside a national park is protected. The park rangers and the government environmental agencies are given the task of cleaning out feral plants and animals, but this costs and a big job like this - the government needs to support it. Plus, Australian laws on carrying weapons - we don't have hunting seasons in Australia, except for some bird species. Feral animals are left to professional shooters hired by government agencies. Of course, illegal shooters go into these areas (including national parks) and hunt. It was these illegal deer hunters, posing as greenies, who blocked the full eradication back in 1994 (I recognised their faces on TV - small town, we know who hunts, word gets out who has some venison available). Other animals hunted legally - kangaroos. They can build up to plague proportions and so hunters are given a quota and tags. Every carcass brought in MUST have a registered tag. Skins are sold, meat is used for pet food. The roo meat available for human consumption has been farmed, it's not wild. I think in Tasmania they legally hunt some mammals. As for diseases - our deer carry loads of ticks, they graze in the school grounds every night. When he was 8 difficult child 3 came home from school with 200 hatchlings one day. A week later, he had another 150. The jury is still out on Lyme Disease in Australia, but it's likely there are similar diseases. We also have scrub typhus carried by ticks. We get illegal hunters shooting within the village too, because we sometimes find beheaded carcasses in the street. That's scary - the risk of a stray bullet close to houses. If we want to kill a deer, the only legal way to do it is to hit one with the car - not recommended. I'll try and find you a link on the problem, it's quite involved. Marg [/QUOTE]
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