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i am allergic to their stings so all wasps which get near my house are exterminated. These, along with filth flies, are always “dealt with robustly”,

These days I am more likely to spare the lives of other bugs, though there is a good chance they might get momentarily detained in a plastic box and photographed for identification before release 😉

This is a hardcore one from HongKong.. (I have this picture of a otherwise mild mannered Chinese dude in white lab coat suddenly jumping around the lab like Jackie Chan before spearing it with the pin with a shout of “aiyaaa!”)

@mungo1972 442259 wrote:

Hi All ,
Must admit i hate wasp’s and i kill on site , they are as anoying as flies but have that nasty sting !!!!!!. Now bees are cool , they just go about their business and dont really bother you . Im with Extraslim and General ” Vlad the impaler ” Lighting …..we should have an open season on wasp’s Kill Kill Kill Kill ……hahahahahahaha ha ha …..ha . Okay i got a bit carried away there lol

death to all wasps

Regards
Mungo

I can’t claim credit for spearing those wasps (and I think there are some hornets there as well), according to the info some were caught by a Desmond Chan at the HongKong Environment Ministry.

I’m not sure if he’s any relation to Jackie Chan but I would expect you’d have to be hardcore to work in pest control anywhere in Asia, there’s no shortage of nasty creepy crawlies.

I read somewhere that folk in the kampung (a jungle village of Malaysia, still found today) often tolerate the Asian ferret-badger entering their houses and even make a pet of it, as it eats many of these insects.

(this is a ferret badger)
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PS: Don’t try this at home (unless you do live in the kampung, you’d be amazed at where some of our visitors live) unless you have a CITES license and a zoo license as the ferret-badger is now protected and endangered due to deforestation..

@Kung Fu Fader 442311 wrote:

How would one go about obtaining these? :laugh_at:

A CITES license comes from Defra – a Zoo license (or alternatively a Dangerous Wild Animals license for private collections) comes from the local Council.

They aren’t as expensive as you would think (a full Zoo license for 3 years costs only £300 from a South Essex council, I saw it whilst looking up prices of other licenses) but a lot of paperwork has to be done which is fair enough. Both Defra and the Council will want to know the species you are bringing in, plans of the enclosures, details on how you will ensure they don’t escape and also a report from your vet that you can look after the creatures (of course you need a vet who deals with more than just cats and dogs and farm animals – but a surprising amount actually do).

A lot of people actually keep exotic species in private collections in the UK but they rescue them from places where they are under threat and locals can’t afford to look after them and/or there is a conflict between the animals habitat and the people.