Post #807615 by TIKIGIKI on Thu, Jan 26, 2023 8:57 PM

I am reliably informed that the plural of mongoose is "mongooses". (Hey I liked "mongeese" better!) Is there any eradication programme happening? It was another short-sighted idea in the first place. Even if the mongooses HAD actually managed to eradicate the rats (nothing short of an A-bomb will ever destroy those evil little bastards!), what did they think the mongooses would then eat? They certainly wouldn't starve if there was other wildlife there to be consumed.

Sounds very similar to our problem with foxes. They kill everything. And if they ever manage to get into your hen enclosure they will not take just one but proceed to kill each and every hen in the one visit, just for sport. They devastate the endemic wildlife. And to think they were actually introduced by those red-coated, hound-chasin', horsey lovin', home-sick Pommies so they could tally-ho about the countryside like proper gits!