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Let's hope we've not released another problem.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Mar 9th, 2010 at 05:29:41 PM EST
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Would you like some rabbits with your kangaroos?

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Wed Mar 10th, 2010 at 12:24:33 AM EST
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Actually, contrary to popular perception, Australia has done very well out of scientifically introduced biocontrols.  Cactoblastus, Miximytosis, Calicivirus, and numerous wasps, virus, mites, bacteria and beetles.  Where we failed was letting farmers make decisions against the scientific assessment: Rabbits, Foxes, Cane Toads, Bumblebees etc.
by njh on Wed Mar 10th, 2010 at 01:29:51 AM EST
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...or gray squirrels?

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
by Bernard on Wed Mar 10th, 2010 at 06:23:49 AM EST
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We have some experience were I live, with two alien plants introduced during the twentieth century in Northwest Spain: Acacia dealbata and Eucalyptus. First introduced by a monk, Fray Rosendo Salvado, eucalyptus was favoured by the Franco dictatorship as a means of growing wood fast; Thanks to this two luminaries the habitat of Galicia has been severely damaged, many think for centuries to come. Both -Acacia dealbata and Eucalyptus- make up for excellent fire fuel, during the dry season, apart from the acidification of the soil. Not to mention the harm done to the native species.
So good luck playing god.
by xurxo on Wed Mar 10th, 2010 at 01:45:51 PM EST
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