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> artificial value to killing them Another way to think about it is an artificial value to keeping the population going. All the animals will eventually die yi
by cheepin 10y ago
> artificial value to killing them
Another way to think about it is an artificial value to keeping the population going. All the animals will eventually die yielding a reward, but if you can keep a population going, the reward will keep coming.
The "solution" for countries who wanted to remove invasive species is to embrace pretty heavy handed comprehensive enforcement. (See http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/canada-declares-war-on-rats/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/canada-declares-wa...)
- Houshalter 10y agoMy point is that only applies once the bounty has already worked to reduce the population to a low enough level. After that you can end the bounty and try other things.