In a message dated 12/21/2007 7:41:36 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No, what I hate are wild turkeys. While I've been told wild turkeys were > once native in California, the turkeys we have running around here are not > indigenous (they are actually Eastern Wild Turkeys, not positive, but pretty > sure). Someone let some loose in California about 10-15 years ago, and now they > are out of control. (I think someone told me that Fish & Game did it to bring > them back).
Introducing non-native species is always a wonderful idea, isn't it? http://www.perlgurl.org/archives/2006/05/the_mongoose_a_maui_menace_1.html It's especially ironic when it's done by the folks who should know better. > > They seem to have no natural predators and they increase each year. Have fish and game call Missouri. I'm sure they'll more than happy to share a coyote or 50. And that wouldn't cause any more problems, would it? <g> -- Scott Loveless ============ Well, some reintroductions work. But I really wonder if they thought it through on the predator thing. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/11/19/N BGO09S80G1.DTL I was wrong, they're not Eastern turkeys, but Texas turkeys. Marnie aka Doe :-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
