livejournal meme

My username is watervole because I'm interested in conservation and watervoles are the fastest declining British mammal. They're also cute. If anyone wants to shoot people who release mink, I'll look the other way (being predators, the mink go out looking for lunch and water voles turn out to be their favourite snack)

My journal is called 'Tales from the Riverbank' becasue Ratty was a water vole.

My friends list is called 'Tales from other Riverbanks' for reasons that should be obvious.

My default icon is a water vole (are we seeing a pattern here...)

My name is Judith Proctor because I get so fed up at not being able to remember which of my friends has which name on LJ that I refuse to inflict the same confusion on anyone else.

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Saturday was a good day; actually, Saturday was a very good day. In spite of various problems with public transport. ( Hayward Gallery and ZZ9 AGLM )

You load fourteen passengers and what do you get?

There's more to this bus driving lark than meets the eye. The eldest son is training for his public service vehicle licence. 14 average passengers weigh one ton. You need to know how many you have on board as that much weight changes your braking distance.

Fox hunting

Since the introduction of tight restrictions on hunting in Scotland, the number of foxes killed anually has increased from 500 to 900. It isn't about 'sport' any more - it's about pest control.
This statistic sums up perfectly why I've always had reservations about a ban on hunting. I dislike cruelty to animals; I dislike dead animals even more.
When people enjoy hunting or profit from it, they have an incentive to maintain a larger population of foxes. (This principle has been applied in Africa for decades - allowing big game hunting gives farmers an incentive not to shoot lions.)