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Kinda depends upon the film, Bambi sure pulled in much empathy for deers, yet Jaws didn't exactly make sharks all cuddly for so many.

by Zenst 7y ago

liability 7y ago
I wager Jaws promoted a lot of "sharks are freakin awesome" lines of thought. Not quite the same as cuddly though.
- Zenst 7y ago
  Maybe in some circles, but in general, they fared less better due to the film. "Jaws: ever since this movie came out, shark-killing contests are run all over the world. On average, between 20 and 100 million sharks are murdered every year." http://screenprism.com/insights/article/did-jaws-demonize-sharks http://screenprism.com/insights/article/did-jaws-demonize-sh...
jcims 7y ago
And that's where the 'harm' can come from. Wildlife conservation frequently requires effective management of the population. Bambi was incredibly destructive to the social acceptance of hunting and other tools for culling of wildlife.
- Zenst 7y ago
  Very true, deers in some area's do require population control due to the impending impact they would have upon an area. This you see play out in contained parks/area (ie - cut off) like for example Richmond Park in Surrey which closes twice a year for such culling, of which has David Attenborough as a patron. They do cover the issue here:- https://www.frp.org.uk/deer-cull-royal-parks-advice/ https://www.frp.org.uk/deer-cull-royal-parks-advice/ It is a balance and yes, the let's save everything mentality can play out detrimentality in society and that alas gets down to lack of knowledge upon the matter - always, which we see play out on both sides of the political spectrum. Though another one still up in the air are Foxes, historically they used to do fox hunts to control the population - which I'd say is the other side of the fence as whilst the motives originally where good (farmers and foxes do not mix if large populations of foxes), the approach of the culling is a inhumane, barbaric and ritualised sport. So you end up with fox hunting banned, but without any other forms of control in place you end up with, and we have with foxes spreading into towns and see an increase in children and pets attacked, which has happened. But the hey they are cute patrols will overlook that aspect. It is a fine balance, one in which as a species we kinda hypocrite impose. After all, I'm sure many animals if they could speak would say that humans need population management due to the environmental impact they have. Which in many aspects, opens up a whole new level of debate that nobody really wants to discuss. Though nobody looks at shark attacks upon people as environmental conservation oddly enough.

Kinda depends upon the film, Bambi sure pulled in much empathy for deers, yet Jaws didn't exactly make sharks all cuddly for so many.

by Zenst 7y ago

Kinda depends upon the film, Bambi sure pulled in much empathy for deers, yet Jaws didn't exactly make sharks all cuddly for so many.

liability 7y ago

I wager Jaws promoted a lot of "sharks are freakin awesome" lines of thought. Not quite the same as cuddly though.

Zenst 7y ago
Maybe in some circles, but in general, they fared less better due to the film. "Jaws: ever since this movie came out, shark-killing contests are run all over the world. On average, between 20 and 100 million sharks are murdered every year." http://screenprism.com/insights/article/did-jaws-demonize-sharks http://screenprism.com/insights/article/did-jaws-demonize-sh...

jcims 7y ago

And that's where the 'harm' can come from. Wildlife conservation frequently requires effective management of the population. Bambi was incredibly destructive to the social acceptance of hunting and other tools for culling of wildlife.

Zenst 7y ago
Very true, deers in some area's do require population control due to the impending impact they would have upon an area. This you see play out in contained parks/area (ie - cut off) like for example Richmond Park in Surrey which closes twice a year for such culling, of which has David Attenborough as a patron. They do cover the issue here:- https://www.frp.org.uk/deer-cull-royal-parks-advice/ https://www.frp.org.uk/deer-cull-royal-parks-advice/ It is a balance and yes, the let's save everything mentality can play out detrimentality in society and that alas gets down to lack of knowledge upon the matter - always, which we see play out on both sides of the political spectrum. Though another one still up in the air are Foxes, historically they used to do fox hunts to control the population - which I'd say is the other side of the fence as whilst the motives originally where good (farmers and foxes do not mix if large populations of foxes), the approach of the culling is a inhumane, barbaric and ritualised sport. So you end up with fox hunting banned, but without any other forms of control in place you end up with, and we have with foxes spreading into towns and see an increase in children and pets attacked, which has happened. But the hey they are cute patrols will overlook that aspect. It is a fine balance, one in which as a species we kinda hypocrite impose. After all, I'm sure many animals if they could speak would say that humans need population management due to the environmental impact they have. Which in many aspects, opens up a whole new level of debate that nobody really wants to discuss. Though nobody looks at shark attacks upon people as environmental conservation oddly enough.