Please talk to your children

[AshLee]

Originally Posted by posie

The young of all species, including the Human species, learn and subsequently act from example....It makes one wonder what 'attitudes' these children are copying. Is it their elders' attitudes, or what they see on the media, especially TV and U-Tube etc on the web, and the electronic games that are available. I have been absolutely horrified by some things I have stumbled upon on the computer ! Why is this allowed? I remember during the case of the torture and murder of little James Bulger by two young boys, that it was said that their behavoir had been influenced by one of these 'games' they had been playing . I think that says it all ! Sometimes I just despair at what this once beautiful world has become, mostly due to so called 'progress'....Posie..

I do tend to agree. Even I tend to feel more violent and lose touch with reality (slightly) after a spot of gaming, even though, as a responsible adult, I'd never dream of acting on these feelings. I don't care if there are studies to the contrary either. I know what I believe.

[HedgehogRescue]

This has happened before but recently we've seen a lot more, especially in the last few weeks. Somebody pointed out that the new Alice in Wonderland film has a hedgehog being used as a croquet ball. The timing seems too coincidental.

If you see this happening contact your local Wildlife Crime Officer via the Police as they tend to be more sympathetic than the ordinary beat bobby.

[HedgehogRescue]

Originally Posted by dampflippers

That's dreadful.
I have had a quick look on youtube to see if I could find any culprits, but I found this charming little film o a baby hegehog playing football instead!

I put balls in for quite a few of my overwinter hogs to keep them entertained. Some play with them, some attack them and others take them to bed. The babies are just so cute though. The litter of 5 I had in this winter would do the elephant walk round and round the edge of their cage until the one at the front got fed up and went the other way, and they'd all end up in a heap.

[posie]

Originally Posted by HedgehogRescue

This has happened before but recently we've seen a lot more, especially in the last few weeks. Somebody pointed out that the new Alice in Wonderland film has a hedgehog being used as a croquet ball. The timing seems too coincidental.

If you see this happening contact your local Wildlife Crime Officer via the Police as they tend to be more sympathetic than the ordinary beat bobby.

I think you are probably right about the film making things worse. I certainly would report as above if I see anything, 'Citizen's Arrest' also springs to mind, but from what I have heard of the result of some recent court cases, using The Law of the Jungle would probably do more good.

[TALLYHO]

This is the sort of behaviour that really makes you wonder what sort of a homelife some people have.

I guess some elements of what we loosley refer to as 'the human race' are still stuck in a Neanderthal stage of development.

Actually scrub that, if Neanderthals had engaged in such behaviour then we wouldn't have evolved at all.