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Re: The River Teme and the introduction of Otters

RiverNovice

RiverNovice
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Joined: August 21, 2018

Its the same old story of mans interference in the balance of nature .It has happened time and time again over the years with out given it a thought as to what the long term impact it would have on the ecological balance on any of our rivers . It was the angling times who introduced barbel in to the river Severn back in the fifty's .

Years ago Zander were introduced in to the river systems . Zander are not a native fish to UK waters . Then you have Mink that were released from Mink farms and have had a impact on native wild life species . Signal crayfish is another non native species which were introduced in to our rivers . The list is endless and now we have the threat of global warming leading to more floods . Then you have the problem of whats being released in to our rivers by water company's and farmers . It seems that man will never learn . When man interferes with balance of nature

Otters were in our rivers for hundreds of years before being nearly wiped out . Then some body started a program of reintroduction of Otters back on to our rivers a few years ago and now barbel anglers are up in arms because of the impact Otters are having on dwindling numbers of barbel being caught in our rivers . If man had not interfered in the first place with balance of nature .Then we would not find our selves in the mess we are in now . When it comes to the state some of rivers are in now

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Posted on September 27, 2020 at 2:14 PM

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