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Down Under
Beware of the 150lb super-dingoes no worries mate
2004-08-13
Dedicated to Muck4doo
Hikers in Australia are being warned about a fierce new breed of half-dingo wild dog stalking the country's mountains and forests.
Insert joke about Australian women here: Dedicated to .com.
Abandoned or escaped domestic dogs such as rottweilers, bull mastiffs and Rhodesian ridgebacks have interbred with Australia's native dog to produce a new strain of "super-dingoes".
So...now...they are basically horses that attack, right?
The cross-breeds are bigger and more powerful than ordinary dingoes. One animal recently shot dead by a farmer reportedly weighed 154lb. They are killing livestock and menacing walkers, horse riders, Australian men, and campers along the Great Dividing Range, a chain of mountains, gorges and national parks extending from Queensland through New South Wales to Victoria. "They are extremely ferocious," Brian Tomalin, of the New South Wales Farmers' Association, said. "There's a real possibility that someone is going to be killed by one of these things, especially if they stumble on a den."
So, really, why all the concern?
The dogs have killed so many sheep that in some areas farmers have had to switch to cattle.
Eeeew. That's not an image I want to be left with! Oh, he meant that the farmers were farming. Sorry I thought he meant...
Posted by:Dragon Fly (on vacation)

#26  Ship,OMGDIWT?, yes I did, a bunch of times!
Posted by: Lucky   2004-08-14 12:23:20 AM  

#25  Maybe it was a dream. A nightmare.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2004-08-13 6:25:30 PM  

#24  DB:
Shotgun confiscated?
I thing the Australian Gun LAws are too much, but if you look at the rules, unless that rancher had violated some other law, he should have been able to have a shotgun.

Australian Gun Laws
Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-13 4:35:57 PM  

#23  Better treatment at Rotweiler? Great god awmighty, those people eat anyone alive that has politics to the left of Genghis Khan. Spit out the bones. Got no sense of humor when someone rags them either. Cruel, cruel.
Posted by: dls   2004-08-13 3:35:09 PM  

#22  YIDABOT?
Yes I and.... ?
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-13 2:51:08 PM  

#21  Not all farmers and ranchers in Australia can have firearms. There was an article posted (maybe here?) not long ago about a rancher in Australia whos reduced to killing injured animals with a hoe because his shotgun had been confiscated. The general population of Australia, so I understand, can not own a firearm of any kind. If I'm wrong on this please excuse me. Gentle, I understan Muck perfectly well. Muck speaks English, he just can't type very well.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2004-08-13 2:46:32 PM  

#20  YIDABOT.

Sometimes the messenger should be shot. It makes perfect sense.

Look at the bright side Gentle. You've yet to be a thread killer. An Idiotarian though, yes!
Posted by: Lucky   2004-08-13 1:33:42 PM  

#19  the third (one I frequently apply to my own posts ) is to type up your post and then close the window without hitting 'submit'(this method is important because it prevents you from making an ass of yourself and being "just another nutter" in rantburgers' eyes)

What I should do more often. To avoid the OMGDIWT Syndrome (o my gawd did I write that?).
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-13 1:21:23 PM  

#18  ima kind look like em dobby but ima cant speak on blog. i was just trying help send you someplace nicer. :)
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-08-13 12:46:33 PM  

#17  You are evil, mucky! LOL-Love it!
Posted by: GreatestJeneration   2004-08-13 12:43:31 PM  

#16  I can't understant what you are saying.
Speak english, why don't you.

In your own words:
Me no understand what you is saying.

( You reminded me of Dobby, the house elf)
No offence meant. I meant the way you write.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-13 12:41:43 PM  

#15  You're evil, Mucky...evil.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-08-13 12:41:32 PM  

#14  here gentle you are shuld try go this blog. they are treat you nicer there. :)

this is what hapen when spay and nuter is not use. ima hope one is not eat antiwar.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-08-13 12:39:13 PM  

#13  Gentle,
this is not a gentle bunch, there are really only three ways (that I've counted anyway) to get good treatment on the forums,

the first way is to base your arguments on cold hard logic and recognizing when others make a valid counter point (even if it does not change your personal opinion). Doing so would gain you some respect and treatment will improve, though people will still jump on your arse if you say something stupid/go crazy. (this stuff really is not out of cruelty, it's in the interest of maintaining high standards in debates that we drive off people who can not form consistent logical arguments)

The second way is to make your comments humor-orientated, this takes you out of the realm of debate and folks will not be ass judgmental (though you will get snarky remarks relative to current events based on past arguments, tho just ignore it every time and they will get bored)

the third (one I frequently apply to my own posts ) is to type up your post and then close the window without hitting 'submit'(this method is important because it prevents you from making an ass of yourself and being "just another nutter" in rantburgers' eyes)

I kinda liked gargoyles too, but it has the same limitations all american cartoons have ( no set story line with an end) so I got bored after a few episodes, ‘s too capitalistic to be any good

anime is where the quality cartoon action is at!
Posted by: Dcreeper   2004-08-13 12:22:59 PM  

#12  Isn't that sweet of you?

See? You're catching on already! I'm so proud of you!
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-13 12:16:36 PM  

#11  Isn't that sweet of you?
I see you managed to follow my last ones very well though.
By the way:
This is not sarcasm, most of you have crossed that line a long time ago.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-13 12:12:35 PM  

#10  Gentle--It's called "sarcasm". Deal with it. I don't follow your comments enough to bother with really posting something offensive!
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-13 12:09:48 PM  

#9  I know. I never missed watching the gargoyles when I was younger. I got tired of wiating for the end though.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-13 12:07:28 PM  

#8  Ms. Gentle :

Don't get your feathers ruffled. You are correct on this one.

And, as much as I like dogs, people first! As I understand it, farmers can have rifles / shotguns in Australia, so I think the doggy is in the Ken-L-Ration afterworld with a bullet in his noggin.

This isn't like my German Shepherd who whimpers and sympathetically licks my 3-1/2 yr old son when he cries.

The cartoon caracter I pictured above, in spite of his appearance, is friendly, and on Disney's cable channel.
Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-13 12:03:46 PM  

#7  Maybe they ought to turn the (previous news story) "Giant Mutant Ants of Melbourne" loose on them.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2004-08-13 12:00:37 PM  

#6  Have any of you noticed that I have never verbally offended any of you.
(I know: You're offended by the mere presence of a Muslim)
I don't think its fair, thats all. (I mean the way you never endingly fail to be polite)
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-13 11:53:03 AM  

#5  Gentle--Great points! Why don't we convert the dingoes to Islam?
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-13 11:49:40 AM  

#4  I hate it when they call ranchers "farmers". You don't plant sheep seeds or spray pesticide on neat, straight rows of cattle!

Oh, and the obligatory: Super Dingoes--Why do they hate us?
Posted by: Dar   2004-08-13 11:48:54 AM  

#3  I bet it wouldn't be funny if the animal was barking at your door.
Why not try to sympathize? Those poeple are afraid for the lives of thier children, and themselves, and so would anyone human.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-13 11:45:33 AM  

#2  "One animal recently shot dead by a farmer reportedly weighed 154lb."
Shot dead with a slingshot or a bow? Or did the farmer somehow manage to keep a gunpowder type weapon in Australia?
Posted by: Yank   2004-08-13 11:39:38 AM  

#1  (loony-archivist.com)


BRONX : Gargoyle Dog or Dingo - Rottweiler Mix?

Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-13 11:00:01 AM  

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