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Wild boar tend to quickly dominate and devour an ecosystem. Not sure how stable the population is there, but many times you have to intervene in order to prote
by jcims 6y ago
Wild boar tend to quickly dominate and devour an ecosystem. Not sure how stable the population is there, but many times you have to intervene in order to protect the balance of the flora and fauna.
- 082349872349872 6y agoThat the pigs usurped the human role on Manor Farm was not accidental. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24078684 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24078684 (I have had incident-free encounters with boars, bulls, and bears. Wild animals may be dangerous, but unlike some domesticated humans, they aren't respectless.)
- tremon 6y agoin order to protect the balance of the flora and fauna ...and electronica, apparently.
- Someone 6y agoI think most interventions are ‘necessary’ because of other stuff humans did to the ecosystem (‘necessary’ in quotes because, without hunting, nature would find an equilibrium, too, just not one we want to see) It’s not as of, when you dig anywhere, all you find is remains of wild boar, and that only ended when humans started intervening. (And for those who don’t know: this species is native to Germany)
- jcims 6y agoTotally agree on all counts, particularly in that humans have eliminated nearly all large predators from populated areas. Doesn't change the fact that hogs will shred an environment, drive ground-nesting birds out of the environment completely, etc. etc. We could bring back large wild cats and wolves or just relocate/shoot them.