Horrified at talk of wallaby cull

Jun 12 2009

I WAS horrified to read in last week’s Lennox that there might be plans afoot to kill the wallabies on Inchconnachan Island on Loch Lomond. This is another example of the conservation industry’s intolerance of almost anything they claim not to be “native” to this country.

If one looks closely at the concept of “native species”, it can be seen as no more than a concocted doctrine dreamed up by those who present speculation as fact. So much so, they have had to introduce different categories of “nativeness” to accommodate their agenda.

In reality, rather than in the arbitrary world of conservation, these wallabies were born in this country and are as “native” by birth as we are, irrespective of our ancestral background.

What example is it to younger generations that violence and killing is an acceptable solution to a perceived problem of not being native to this country?

To expect tolerance within our own population, but condemn these animals on the basis of their background is extremely hypocritical and only one step removed from racism.

Angus Macmillan

Meikle Boturich

Dunbartonshire