http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/lo...death-as-Enriquillo-lake-swells-into-villages
Well a cross between fury, depressed, confusion and frustration.
Well a cross between fury, depressed, confusion and frustration.
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I'm so depressed to hear this, is nothing sacred!
They are hunting them, they will be extinct like everything else they have hunted to extinction on the island within a short time. It only assures my thoughts that any reintroduction plans for the Island that might have ever been considered would simply be abused. If they were a little better educated they would understand how it works and they could have a reasonable resource of hunting meat available, but the fox in the henhouse mentality lives on.
The environmentalist Jose Antonio Matos said the lake’s swelling has now taken the crocs and other animals closer to human populations, where they are hunted.
I think there might be a translation issue. They are only attacking the crocs that are coming into contact where people are living.
It is also against the law to kill a croc for what I remember so the inhabitants are probably claiming self defense.
You know they are going into the pot.
The way I'm looking at it is that it has been noticed many crocs have been slaughtered and so the guilty are saying the crocs are coming to us, which is rubbish. Crocs will not go human hunting. Have we had 1 report of a human being attacked? NO! so where's the threat! The whole thing is bollox, it annoys me to think that they can get away with killing dinosaurs with this pi$$ poor excuse.
"Against the law"- what law- are you a newbie here? Of course they are going into the stew pot. My wife told me that when she was a kid they killed and ate every bird they could catch. Cow is killed on the road and it does not take long to disappear. These people are poor and up against it, what do you expect? The only solution is education. They dont get it.
Dominicans, sadly, have a very neanderthal relationship with nature, and the environment. they litter everywhere, and they abuse animals, severely. i can hardly remember the last time i saw a bird. i see these guys walking iguanas on leashes. what is that? i do not think education is the problem, in some cases. it is evolution.
Gorgon, I feel offended because I'm from Neanderthal, plse don't compare us with Dominicans.
However once in awhile I do some hunting and let me tell you that crocodile meat is excellent and so is iguana prepared in coconut oil, delicious like an angel is peeing on your tongue!!!
Not necessarily, as stated the lake has grown, so obviously they will invetigate, and animals are as likely to move to alternative areas due to lack of food as they are through over population.
The problem is once this starts it will not stop until every one has been BBq'd, I'll wager on it, this time next year the numbers are in danger.
As for the kids, yes I agree, reduce human numbers increase wildlife, people are gutted when they go to the DR thinking they are going to see wonderful colourful wildlife and don't even see a bird the entire visit.
In all the time that I was in the DR I only saw about 4 vultures, they don't even have any food. Have seen hundreds of rats though.
WOOOOW! This is something that woke me up! A side from a park I know where there are a lot of pigeons, I think I never saw birds in Santo Domingo! Daaaamn!
Learn Spanish dweeb - if people were hunting crocodiles as you claim there would be no more left.
The last time I heard the word dweeb was about 30 years ago when my son was 10...........lol
Don't remember if he called me that or his mother........maybe both....
B in Santiago
Unbeknownst to many the Medio Ambiente guys will lock one up for cutting down trees and killing crocs. My brother in law is a carpenter and has been to jail for cutting down trees and because of the Medio Ambientes work the Dominican crocodile was brought back from extinction in the 80's. Yes there are abuses now but the Medio Ambiente I'm sure is doing the best they can with their miserably low wages and budget.
Lago Enriquillo Crocodiles Dominican Republic - Guide To Caribbean Vacations
Lago Enriquillo Crocodiles Dominican Republic - Guide To Caribbean Vacations
Would you feel better and happy if the crocs started eating people and their pets?