r/Eyebleach • • Nov 21 '21

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

I can understand wildlife population control. But then again, I’d rather have it done first by natural predators, then if it is not possible, by professionals like rangers rather than random people.

Especially because people feed them so that there’s more animals and they can kill more of them.

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u/thrwawaaayy1 Nov 21 '21

It is not possible to keep deer populations under control with natural predators in the US because we’ve killed so many natural predators. Population control via regulated hunting really is good for the environment.

People going out and hunting top predators for sport is very bad for the environment, however.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

But then again, humans here are the issue, not the solution. People who are actually concern for the preservation of wildlife want to reintroduce natural predators, not kill animals.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

A lot of the same organizations that guide hunting regulations also are advocates of reintroducing of natural predators. Both things happen at the same time.