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The same has happened in the United Kingdom wrt deer and predators including wolves (which are locally extinct) -- a blunt instrument because we can think of no
by pancakemouse 2y ago
The same has happened in the United Kingdom wrt deer and predators including wolves (which are locally extinct) -- a blunt instrument because we can think of no other way of protecting livestock. The result is we "have to" regularly cull thousands of animals instead of letting an ecosystem manage itself.
- HdS84 2y agoHere in Germany wolves return to many parts of the country. And there is lots of resistance. There are regular sob-stories how wolves hunted poor cuddly niece lambs and how their owners are now scarred for life and will quit their jobs. There is financial compensation and also guidance on how to build secure fences, but the big bad wolv is scary...
- hulitu 2y agoWolf is an unfortunate animal. Since one ate vdL's poney, the whole EU is after him. /s
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- ivandenysov 2y agoCould you explain the vdL’s poney reference? I’d really love to understand it.
- okr 2y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/27/a-wolf-killed-the-eu-presidents-precious-pony-then-the-fight-to-catch-the-predator-began https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/27/a-wolf-k...
- alistairSH 2y agoIf the circle of life scars somebody out of farming, that's probably for the better. Farming is hard work and any time you have livestock, you have to make hard decisions about managing them, including how to protect them from predation.
- ch4s3 2y ago> letting an ecosystem manage itself What would that entail? The whole of the UK has been a human managed ecosystem for centuries. Deforestation was completed about 400 years ago and the larges stand of contiguous trees is under 300 sq. mi. So many of the species that would have made up the old ecosystem are gone.
- xhkkffbf 2y agoSo if a wolf "culls" the deer, it's good. But if a human does it, it's bad?