TwoFour Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 There used to be a family of wallabies in the peaks around Macclesfield but they are now thought to have died out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okka north Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 There is a wild boar at work, actually I call them a bushpig actually. Does that count? I am sure they would be far more dangerous than the ones roaming around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnomi Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 hasnt there recently been a 'loch ness monster' type of serpent thing spotted in lake Windermere this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m.sutcliffe2 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Sadly, now that meerkats have become the latest 'must have' pets, we can now expect to see these abandoned in the countryside once their 'owners' have become fed up with their homes getting trashed. These animals are wild and hard-wired to dig and to chew. Thanks to the meerkat ads on TV, too many people want these as pets, without realizing that they are not domestic animals. They are now bred in the UK (I'd like to know how these animals were originally captured in the wild and brought over here - and no doubt to the USA & other countries) for sale at exhorbitant prices to those with more money than sense. The unsold ones spend their lives miserably in small cages, unable to exhibit their natural behaviours. No doubt they end up in the same way once their owners have realized that they are not suitable to live in a normal, domestic home, but need a very specialized environment, which most homes are too small to provide. I would like to see a total ban on the importation of all exotic, wild animals. Only zoos, wildlife and national parks can play a part in helping to conserve certain species. maddylouise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulgarian Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I've seen the parrots in Hyde Park (not countryside I know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 there is an intersting story today about exotic animal's on the loose in the uk these include 5,931 big cats 3,389 sharks 332 wild boars 51 wallabies 43 snakes 13 dangerous spiders 13 racoons 10 crocodiles 7 wolves 4 eagles 3 pandas 2 scorpions 1 penguin has anybody ever seen any of these around here while in the countryside There are more then 51 wallabies living in Bedfordshire alone ever since they escaped from Whipsnade Wild Animal Park in the 80's. There are also lots of meerkat's too for the very same reason. Both species now live wild in the Bedfordshire area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitch_1980 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 There are more then 51 wallabies living in Bedfordshire alone ever since they escaped from Whipsnade Wild Animal Park in the 80's. There are also lots of meerkat's too for the very same reason. Both species now live wild in the Bedfordshire area. I would probably think that list is an under estimate by a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHYTOT Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 That penguin must get pretty lonely...... It was probably just a nunogram. She won't be lonely for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHYTOT Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 There are certainly wild boar living wild in the UK. There were several high profile releases from farms by animal rights types, and now they are becoming a problem with numbers around 1000 in Hertfordshire where local authorities are contemplating a cull to bring down the numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazaston Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Wheres Noah when you need him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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