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Originally Posted by
Gnasher
Dawn : you need to do better than that. How on earth can I prove that back in the 20's my father knew of a Dox? That is the most ridiculous statement I have ever heard you make! My friend in Devon too cannot prove it.
Sorry, I need to prove nothing its you that is saying it occured not me, I cannot find ANY evidence that it ever has, neither can you!
I dont need to do anything Gnasher, Im not the one claiming that its possible when there is NOTHING to back up the claims am I?
Seeing as she left these parts to move to Devon about 15 years ago, I would think this Dox would be dead as well. Just because your vixen did not mate with your dogs does not mean or prove that it cannot happen.
No pictures? No "evidence?" No "stories etc? thought not, do me a favour!
It must be extremely rare because I have lived in the countryside for 56 years and I have only ever known of 2 beyond all reasonable doubt, one of which would have died around 75 years ago, and the other around 10 years ago. Next time I am speaking to my friend I will have to ask her to tell me the whole story again, because it could be the person who had the Dox is still around and I can talk to them about it.
Rare indeed, nobody else on the planet knows about them, yet you know of two, AMAZING!!!
As to the rest of your post, it is clear that you are arrogant enough to think that Man has the right to play God and manipulate his environment to suit himself
Arrogant perhaps, realistic indeed.
I happen to disagree with this view as the current situation that the world finds itself in re global warming proves that the most deadly, vicious, selfish and frankly stupid species to ever walk God's earth is homo sapiens.
|Gosh if I felt lie that Id of killed myself by now!
I am no bunny hugger, I eat meat and I am more than capable of killing an animal to feed my family, but I think the days are rapidly disappearing when it
becomes acceptable to kill for pleasure, and to destroy our environment and the wildlife that depends upon it to suit ourselves ... to build more houses, roads and thus ruin for ever our precious and ever-diminishing countryside.
yet you allow your PETS to catch and kill wildlife, of yes thats "natural" isnt it, my word Gnasher, hypocrite springs to mind MASSIVELY here!
I know all too well about mange. My daughter's cat got mange, funnily enough only one, the other one was completely free of it which bewildered and confused our vet. It was the very devil to get rid of, I had to fumigate the bedroom which is the only room in the house with a carpet, strip all the linen and curtains, and leave the room closed for weeks before we hopefully managed to get rid of the mites and eggs. I caught mange too and I have never itched so much in all my life, it was horrendous and kept me awake most of the night. We think the cat caught mange from the hamster, as my daughter's cats are house cats, but I take your point about foxes having mange, of course they do, but I happen to think that this does not give us the right to slaughter them, or badgers because they spread TB. I am fully aware of the facts, and it does look as if indeed badgers do spread TB. I still do not consider this gives us the right to cull this beautiful creature.
Just as well that those that understand better can still manage things then..
I have many farmer friends with opposing view - most want to cull the badgers, and I suspect at least some of them do - but one or two blame modern farming practices with the overuse of AB's, and the confining of dairy cattle to the byre instead of turning them out to graze and bringing them in twice a day to milk. The farmer we used to live next door when I was a child would regularly move his cows from field to field to not only allow the pasture to rest, but to reduce the incidence of disease, including TB.
Thats great, I dont know of any farmer that would confine Dairy cattle, must be different with the "farmers" you knew.
As for the huge increase in parasites on our pets, this is due to the vast majority of homes being centrally heated and carpeted.
Gosh you could make a fortune claiming that, must be the best one Ive heard!
When we got Hal, we ripped up all the carpets except on the stairs and in one of the spare bedrooms. He hardly ever got fleas and when he did, we just bathed him in Vetzyme flea shampoo and that was the end of the problem. We used to do this I suppose about 4 times a year. He did get ticks when we stayed in Cumbria, badly, but we removed them all by killing them with tea tree oil. He never got mange, and neither has Tai, despite the fact that foxes come in our garden regularly. Whereas I completely agree that foxes carry mange, I do not agree that they are responsible for the vast increase in fleas and mites. This is almost exclusively down to the heated, carpeted and double-glazed homes that most of us now live in.
I have central heating, I have carpets, I have 4 dogs and 6 Cats, no fleas or mites though!! That includes the Terriers that work regularly too!
Dont forget mange mite usually affect only the dogs with weakened immune systems, dogs can be bitten by mange mites but not develop the mange, likewise with demodex mites which dogs are near born with.