Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On 10/11/2024 01:35, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 22:00:07 +0100, D wrote:
 

Reminds me, 5 years ago I saw deer in central Stockholm! Apparently
they'd been swimming from some place and somehow appeared in the middle
of the city.

 https://www.kpax.com/news/missoula-county/oh-deer-missoulas-injured-urban-
deer
 Missoula is a tenth the size of Stockholm and is surrounded by wild lands
but the deer are sort of mobile lawn ornaments. I've seen them look both
ways before crossing a street which is more than some of the homeless do.
 There's a whole program aimed at discouraging bears.
 https://missoulacountyvoice.com/bear-smart-missoula/widgets/73405/faqs
 The bears even have their own web page.
 https://missoulabears.org/october-2024/
 "As fall progresses into winter and snow levels increase in the
surrounding mountains more lions will be relocating to the lower
elevations where big game winter. Remember, wherever you see deer or elk
activity expect mountain lions to be in the vicinity."
 That's one of the problems with having a lot of deer; cats love a nice
venison dinner.

Lucky you to have the pumas.
Round here the deer are out of control and wander in an out of my back garden
Every couple of years a licensed marksman comes along and cuts the herds down from 100+ to 20 or so.
Bears would be interesting to have. WE used to. And wolves. But we killed them all
Have shit loads of badgers instead. Not the same as USA badger.
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― Voltaire, Questions sur les Miracles à M. Claparede, Professeur de Théologie à Genève, par un Proposant: Ou Extrait de Diverses Lettres de M. de Voltaire