On 03/05/15 11:36, Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
Tim Watts wrote:
On 03/05/15 10:35, Martin wrote:

There are plans to release bears and wolves too.

I take it you jest?

Because if not, I'm getting a shotgun license.

As someone who has lived in environments with dangerous predators,
and who has experience with shotguns, that is, at best, clueless.
If you really want to **** off a large animal, pepper it with shot.

Yebbut the law prevents me from carrying anything much more substantial.

That'll be why in parts of Canada my relatives will take a gun on a walk
into the woods.


There is a simple solution to protecting yourself: don't be an
arsehole.

And if you get unlucky - let it attack you? No thanks.

We didn't carry guns for protection against animals
even in the less developed parts of Africa in the 1950s, or even
the 1900s. It was unnecessary. And the animals there were MUCH
more dangerous.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.