again with the 'call me a hippy' thing, but i have a lot of faith in nature. i believe nature will balance itself in due course if left alone. grass grows through the cracks on sidewalks.. the overpopulation of deer is probably due to human interference at some level.
hohum. i don't think it's necessary to migrate the heards or reintroduce predators or anything like that. nature was fine before we came along. in a lot of ways, the earth can care for itself.
not to say that i'm up for polluting the planet as part of natural human development - at the same time, i think it's important we maintain our environments.. 'but let's control deer to maintain!' oh i don't know. like how much pollution is put into the air just building these guns?
There's homeostasis in ecosystems, up to a point. Deer population is large because we've killed off their natural predators, and the replacement (us) don't kill them in the same numbers.
There's no perfect solution. Ignoring them (letting the excess starve to death) is the cheapest solution, so that's usually what happens.
Adding to the equation is that being killed by a wolf, while probably better than starving, is still a pretty nasty way to go. Which is a reminder that nature can be nasty, vicious and cruel, as well as beautiful, all at the same time.
My bf hunts. I have no problem with how he does it. It's never for sport, and whatever he shoots, he/we eat. He and his father keep track of the deer on their property, report to the ministry, buy tags and hunt only within prescribed seasons.
The venison we eat (he hasn't caught anything else since we've met) is free range, organic, and has lived a much better life than any factory-farm cow. Steve and his dad are humane and responsible.
I do take issue with people who hunt "for sport"- it's both wasteful and disrespectful to the animal(s). Disagree with it 100%.
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hohum. i don't think it's necessary to migrate the heards or reintroduce predators or anything like that. nature was fine before we came along. in a lot of ways, the earth can care for itself.
not to say that i'm up for polluting the planet as part of natural human development - at the same time, i think it's important we maintain our environments.. 'but let's control deer to maintain!' oh i don't know. like how much pollution is put into the air just building these guns?
just a big cycle full of rebuttals..
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There's no perfect solution. Ignoring them (letting the excess starve to death) is the cheapest solution, so that's usually what happens.
Adding to the equation is that being killed by a wolf, while probably better than starving, is still a pretty nasty way to go. Which is a reminder that nature can be nasty, vicious and cruel, as well as beautiful, all at the same time.
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The venison we eat (he hasn't caught anything else since we've met) is free range, organic, and has lived a much better life than any factory-farm cow. Steve and his dad are humane and responsible.
I do take issue with people who hunt "for sport"- it's both wasteful and disrespectful to the animal(s). Disagree with it 100%.
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