I have written on this forum in the past, quite extensively, about relations between beavers and Poles.
Videos on YouTube indicated a certain friendliness (linked below), however recent news I am reading from Poland suggests that things have taken a significant turn for the worse.
Pan Donald Tusk has declared a war on beavers - no less.
Quoting from Politico:
"Sometimes you have to choose between love for animals and the safety of cities, villages and the stability of dikes," Tusk said, adding that infrastructure must be defended from beavers and that the government will allow any action, within the law, against beavers to safeguard levees.
"Do whatever you have to do, I will defend these decisions. The dikes are an absolute priority today," Tusk said.
Ja pierdolę, what is this skurwysyn talking about? How about you do your job of properly investing in flood prevention, and do not blame the noble beaver?
In what normal country does the prime minister attack beavers in the aftermath of a flood instead of his incompetent bureaucrats?
A reaction did not take long to follow. Bavarian expert, Gerard Schwab - known as the Pablo Escobar of beavers - has already said to Pan Tusk: "Hands off Poland's beavers!" In confirmation of what I argued above, he said the following:
"We Germans have a better way of protecting the country's levees, he added approvingly. "You just put mesh wire on the surface of the dike, a little bit of foliage and grass on top, so you can mow the dike and the animals can no longer dig in.
On the other hand, if they build a dike from scratch, they can make it out of gravel, preventing the animals from making holes, because as soon as they start digging the gravel comes down and there's no longer a hole."
Yes, Tusk, you stupid son of a goat - build better dams instead of blaming beavers who cannot speak up for themselves.
For now, that is all I had to say on the topic. I would like to hear what fellow forum members think about this scandal?
Videos on YouTube indicated a certain friendliness (linked below), however recent news I am reading from Poland suggests that things have taken a significant turn for the worse.
Pan Donald Tusk has declared a war on beavers - no less.
Quoting from Politico:
"Sometimes you have to choose between love for animals and the safety of cities, villages and the stability of dikes," Tusk said, adding that infrastructure must be defended from beavers and that the government will allow any action, within the law, against beavers to safeguard levees.
"Do whatever you have to do, I will defend these decisions. The dikes are an absolute priority today," Tusk said.
Ja pierdolę, what is this skurwysyn talking about? How about you do your job of properly investing in flood prevention, and do not blame the noble beaver?
In what normal country does the prime minister attack beavers in the aftermath of a flood instead of his incompetent bureaucrats?
A reaction did not take long to follow. Bavarian expert, Gerard Schwab - known as the Pablo Escobar of beavers - has already said to Pan Tusk: "Hands off Poland's beavers!" In confirmation of what I argued above, he said the following:
"We Germans have a better way of protecting the country's levees, he added approvingly. "You just put mesh wire on the surface of the dike, a little bit of foliage and grass on top, so you can mow the dike and the animals can no longer dig in.
On the other hand, if they build a dike from scratch, they can make it out of gravel, preventing the animals from making holes, because as soon as they start digging the gravel comes down and there's no longer a hole."
Yes, Tusk, you stupid son of a goat - build better dams instead of blaming beavers who cannot speak up for themselves.
For now, that is all I had to say on the topic. I would like to hear what fellow forum members think about this scandal?
