h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Obviously we don't have Moose in Scotland. Well we do, but they are small furry, and look like wee rats. Plural tends to be Mooses.

Anyway, I am not here to talk about that, but wild animals in peoples gardens. Scotland, as you may know, has a lot of wildlife. In certain rural parts, this wildlife has been known to get in the way. This would not normally be a problem, if it were not for the fact that the Landowners, from whence these animals come, claim to own them.
Thus, in summer sheep get everywhere. A good example is Lochranza, a small village on the north of the Isle of Arran. It is inundated with sheep, and it is almost impossible to drive.
Then comes the winter. It is cold, and thus the deer come down off the hills, looking for food. They will come right into peoples back gardens and eat anything they can get their hands on. Thus Lochranza residents have some of the highest garden fences you can imagine, most patched up from the last time it was destroyed by a hungry buck.
This annoys the residents, and I don't blame them.

Makes the place look picturesque for the tourists mind.

I live in Anchorage, Alaska, the largest city in the state. And it's amazing; the most up-scale neighborhood (called Hillside) is also the wildest. There are more attacks by bears in that neighborhood than anywhere else in the city. Mostly they go after pets, though. Bears in Alaska seem to fear humans (and perhaps wisely so).

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