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  • I feel like you are assuming I’m against you. We agree that this is the correct thing to do. I’m just trying to explain why it isn’t going to happen. We didn’t get here by accident. People are garbage. Why would we suddenly behave any differently? People only care about what affects them in the moment.

    Imagine telling a random person they have two choices.

    Choice number one is business as usual, people hunt down the overpopulated animals, they get food out of the deal and the ecosystem is preserved.

    Choice number two is bringing in some wolves who will achieve the same end goal, except now people don’t get the food and you gotta be extra careful being outside at night if you live anywhere near the tree line (and potentially anywhere in town depending on the size).

    This is also assuming that it works out as we hope and the wolves don’t become overpopulated themselves due to easy hunting and living conditions because of all the oblivious prey that don’t realize they are even on the menu.



  • dgbbad@lemmy.ziptoPerry Bible Fellowship@discuss.onlineAmends (2018-05-23)
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    3 months ago

    I didn’t ask how these situations could have been prevented. That ship has sailed. I wish we hadn’t caused it to be this way, but here we are. Now the two options are to kill them back down to sustainable numbers, or allow them to destroy the ecosystem thereby condemning themselves and a host of other animals as well.

    I’m not a hunter myself, and I personally probably don’t have what it takes to kill an animal even in these circumstances, but I also can’t provide a better solution. So I’m not going to shame people for hunting when it both provides food for them as well as brings balance to an ecosystem.

    I will, however, shame them if it is done purely for sport and against non problem animals. I hope those folks that go to Africa and hunt elephants and lions and shit get eaten. Slowly.