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Don't do it. The ecosystem has evolved around their absence and introducing a new predator back into the mix after the fact is going to cause problems elsewher
by Jgrubb 7y ago
Don't do it. The ecosystem has evolved around their absence and introducing a new predator back into the mix after the fact is going to cause problems elsewhere.
- JshWright 7y agoIs your comment informed by any research on this topic?
- throwaway_tech 7y agoYour comment highlights the very real and interesting problems of democracy...simply turning over this issue to voters (the vast majority of which have no first hand knowledge of the issue).
- duxup 7y agoThat comment is asking for data. At least from that text I don't see them arguing for a vote or not. So that's not a democracy issue, that's someone asking for information.
- gkilmain 7y agoSame problem. I could have first hand knowledge of the issue but still vote contrary to it.
- sacred_numbers 7y agoIt's true. Democracy is the worst form of government...besides all the others. Dictatorships and monarchies typically don't place a priority on educated governance either (even if they claim to).
- dlbucci 7y agoI recall it worked pretty well when gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone: https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/wolves.htm https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/wolves.htm
- WhompingWindows 7y agoYou are making a scientific, ecological claim: "The ecosystem has evolved around their absence." Zero evidence, zero citation. Where is your data that this is going to harm the ecosystem? I could spout off an opposing view easily, that apex predators enhance ecosystems by culling herds and allowing balance between herbivores and their plant-based food sources.