Iraqi conservation efforts

[SaskHunter]

I mean, it's the effort that counts? The execution was a little phucky but overall pretty cool that they relocated captive bears into the wild. It seems that those are Syrian Brown Bears and they should be back into their natural range.

Maybe next time they can do without the mauling?!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9253973/Bears-released-wild-immediately-turn-rescuers.html

 

[MarvB]

Hmmm might have been time to try the taser challenge from another thread? Quite a few too many spectators for launching that project!

 

[OntarioHunter]

You'd think they'd have figured out how to not do it after the same media circus produced injuries in 2018. But maybe that's expecting too much. I attended college with several Iraqui exchange students. Not impressed with their lack of common sense ... or personal hygiene.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Not impressed with their lack of common sense ... or personal hygiene.

 

[SaskHunter]

I attended college with several Iraqui exchange students. Not impressed with their lack of common sense ... or personal hygiene.

Really dude?

 

[El Jason]

Recess time again.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Apparently they didn’t know how to dispose of poop in the campfire ....

 

[noharleyyet]

On multiple levels...

 

[520 Road Sow]

https://tenor.com/view/batter-up-scream-play-ball-sandlot-gif-11966301

 

[520 Road Sow]

I can't ever make the damn gif files work

 

[El Jason]

I can't ever make the damn gif files work

 

[520 Road Sow]

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Magic once again.......

 

[1_pointer]

One of the neat parts of Warren Page's book "One Man's Wilderness" was the hunting for red sheep and pigs in Iraq.

 

[NR_Hunter]

You'd think they'd have figured out how to not do it after the same media circus produced injuries in 2018. But maybe that's expecting too much. I attended college with several Iraqui exchange students. Not impressed with their lack of common sense ... or personal hygiene.

I used to do jiu-jitsu with a couple dudes from Iraq (in Grand Forks, ND of all places). They always had good hygiene. I know this because you really find out how good a persons hygiene is when they have you in a headlock.

 

[Southern Elk]

Looks like the tourist in Yellowstone surrounding a grizzly and her cubs. Not very smart.

 

[OntarioHunter]

I used to do jiu-jitsu with a couple dudes from Iraq. They always had good hygiene. I know this because you really find out how good a persons hygiene is when they have you in a headlock.

Admittedly my experience is dated. A lot of people didn't exercise good hygiene in the seventies. Being stinky was a fad that spanned a lot of cultures. But those guys really seemed to stand out in the classroom or cafeteria. Might have been what they ate but we thought it was BO.

As to lack of common sense, one only has to view the video ... and know it's a repeat performance. Very dumb! I know a few guys who served over there. They were also not impressed. Generally speaking it's a very messed up part of the world. No doubt about that.

Those Syrian bears are sure pretty! What's their status? I'd not heard of them before.

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

These Iraqi are showing a level of commitment and gumption than the vast majority of American conservationists. If you lived in an area where your own survival is at risk and you still care so much that you invest your time in wildlife, you have my respect....

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

Admittedly my experience is dated. A lot of people didn't exercise good hygiene in the seventies. Being stinky was a fad that spanned a lot of cultures. But those guys really seemed to stand out in the classroom or cafeteria. Might have been what they ate but we thought it was BO.

As to lack of common sense, one only has to view the video ... and know it's a repeat performance. Very dumb! I know a few guys who served over there. They were also not impressed. Generally speaking it's a very messed up part of the world. No doubt about that.

Those Syrian bears are sure pretty! What's their status? I'd not heard of them before.

how does that pedaling backwards work?

 

[NR_Hunter]

Admittedly my experience is dated. A lot of people didn't exercise good hygiene in the seventies. Being stinky was a fad that spanned a lot of cultures. But those guys really seemed to stand out in the classroom or cafeteria. Might have been what they ate but we thought it was BO.

As to lack of common sense, one only has to view the video ... and know it's a repeat performance. Very dumb! I know a few guys who served over there. They were also not impressed. Generally speaking it's a very messed up part of the world. No doubt about that.

Those Syrian bears are sure pretty! What's their status? I'd not heard of them before.

Have you ever heard the phrase about not having anything nice to say?

 

[El Jason]

These Iraqi are showing a level of commitment and gumption than the vast majority of American conservationists. If you lived in an area where your own survival is at risk and you still care so much that you invest your time in wildlife, you have my respect....

Pretty much echos my thoughts as well.