... the last time the UK had large herds of wild grazing animals was several thousand years ago. There's absolutely no way any herd of wild bison could exist in the UK's current "much more intelligent approach".

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seabass-labrax 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's been a long time coming, but wild bison are being reintroduced to Britain right now:

https://www.kentwildlifetrust.org.uk/projects/wilder-blean

https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/reintroductio...

This is mirrored by reintroduction schemes of red kites and beavers in the UK, as well as similar projects with bison, wolves and other species on the European mainland.

That's not to mention deer, which are both wild and doing really well - partly because of the lack of wolves, ironically!

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mgilroy 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Visit Scotland. We've plenty of wild deer. There are even herds in Glasgow. Highlands are covered in them. We have road signs to warn drivers.

	▲	rmah 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		There are herds of wild deer a half hour outside NYC. Deer seem to be able to thrive anywhere as long as there aren't many predators. The continental US (i.e. excluding alaska) has some 20+ mil wild deer, 200k bison, 1 mil bears, 3-4 mil coyotes, 13,000 wolves, 5 mil alligators, 10k+ mountain lions, etc, etc. Yes, most are in the vast western states. But deer and bears are common even in areas a just a couple hour drive outside of NYC. Thankfully no gators near NYC (except in the sewers, of course :-)

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Razengan 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Why do people create new accounts for posting contrary opinions?

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mgilroy 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I created an account because I didn't have one. I just thought I'd correct a comment which was ignoring what actually happens in the UK. We have wild herds. In the Highlands they can be massive herds. I've known a few people to be involved in serious accidents as a result of hitting deer.

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lovich 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’m fairly contrarian so I’m not surprised to get banned on occasion but I’ve noticed in the past few months completely innocuous statements are triggering the “you’re posting too fast ban”

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Razengan 3 days ago | parent [-]

Just own it and steamroll with it. No need to try to appease anyone. F HN and dang etc for knowing about downvote abuse and being OK with it.

	▲	lovich 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		check my post history, I don't think I hold back. I will back dang and the HN moderation on the point that I have not been perma-banned, so they are not complete authoritarian moderators like most social media sites. And if I am being entirely honest some of my temp bans were deserved. I just wanted to point out that it seems that the sensitivity for what is ban-able has been turned up

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nickff 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Probably because of how aggressive the down-voting of unpopular opinions has become. Joke comments get upvotes, and thoughtful objections get flagged these days.