Reintroducing animals to the UK

[Sugar Ape]

Just seen this YouGov poll on reintroducing animals back into the UK that are now extinct here. If you could pick one, which would it be?

 

I’d pick the Wolves on the proviso they put them somewhere like Scotland where they will have other apex predators such as Glaswegians on Buckfast and John Leslie to keep them under control. 
 

 

[mattyq]

I voted Lynxs because they're very cool

Surely the top apex predator is Alex Salmond and his wandering hands

[cloggypop]

I vote squesant 

[Bjornebye]

I voted for Wild Boar. I agree about Lynx being cool. Birds of Prey are too but I like pet dogs and they would be a threat. 

 

The Moose isn't extinct in the UK by the way. Just go into Flanagans any weekend they're all in there. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Wild boars always shine.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Wading birds. I'm all in on the only dangerous wildlife in this country being a staffy off it's lead. Unless they're called wading birds because when shit kicks off they go wading in. Let's just leave shit as it is or arm foxes.

[Jairzinho]

Brown bears.

 

In Stoke.

[TheHowieLama]

I would be up for bringing back Chas Chandler.

[skend04]

Hippos and lions. The list is too safe, we need some more man eaters roaming the countryside.

[General Dryness]

Theres an option for bears but none for monkeys with knives.

 

I suspect this initiative is not being headed up by a TLW member.

[Mudface]

Dragons cruelly overlooked yet again.

[Strontium]

Unicorns are already fast-tracked for rewilding post-Brexit.

[Bjornebye]

You'll be able to add squirrels to that list in about 8 months if Jo keeps it up..... 

[Strontium]

The grey squirrels are just American interlopers anyway.

[Mook]

Beavers, very rare that I ever see one.

 

 

[Bjornebye]

2 minutes ago, Mook said:

Beavers, very rare that I ever see one.

 

 

Thats a dam shame 

[Carvalho Diablo]

Honey Badgers and Stoat the Baw.

[Lee909]

4 hours ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Wild boars always shine.

Tastey aswell 

[Lee909]

1 hour ago, Mudface said:

Dragons cruelly overlooked yet again.

Give St George and all his EDL follows sonething to do

[Lee909]

I'm all in on crocodiles

 

It would make the sad bastards sitting on the side of the canal with a rod and tin of sweetcorn something to think about 

[Trumo]

1 hour ago, skend04 said:

Hippos and lions. The list is too safe, we need some more man eaters roaming the countryside.

 

Not been any since Kim Tate.

[Nunavut Patrick]

I suppose Canada will have to supply all these animals?

 

If you're going bear it has to be Grizzly.

[Lee909]

1 minute ago, Nunavut Patrick said:

I suppose Canada will have to supply all these animals?

 

If you're going bear it has to be Grizzly.

Kodiak bear

If you gonna do it, do it right. 

[Pidge]

Reckon boar and wildcats would be the worst ideas on there.  One would almost inevitably lead to some kid or pet getting attacked leading to rewilding as a concept being dragged through the media.  The other would probably be interbred with or outcompeted by domestic and feral cats, which already put too many other species under threat anyway.

 

Voted for Lynx as they'd help manage deer populations and generally stay the fuck away from people.

 

Beavers are already being reintroduced, would also like to see more effort to establish populations of red squirrels. Or maybe pine martens to give greys a predator.

[Nunavut Patrick]

4 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Kodiak bear

If you gonna do it, do it right. 

Alaskan bear.