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If you have a couple hundred, hunting might work. If you have 80,000 and hunting them makes them run up to 100 miles away and turn nocturnal, it can make every
by LanceH 6y ago
If you have a couple hundred, hunting might work. If you have 80,000 and hunting them makes them run up to 100 miles away and turn nocturnal, it can make everything worse.
- bigbubba 6y agoTo be fair, some might count "the hogs ran 100 miles away" a local success, if their chief concern is hogs in their backyard where their small children play.
- klyrs 6y agoIt's like combatting black mold with bleach-filled paintballs. The impact of cleaning one spot is that the infection spreads to a wider range. As the diaspora grows exponentially, it will quickly return to the spot you just cleaned.
- cma 6y agoTurning them nocturnal probably makes them less efficient food consumers/breeders right? Otherwise it seems like they would turn nocturnal without the presence of hunters. So it still seems like an improvement, unless there are frequent night attacks on humans or something that don't happen in the day (if being driven nocturnal to avoid humans I wouldn't think so). Running 100 miles away, if there is food heir they would eventually breed themselves over to their anyway without hunting anyway wouldn't they?
- kjs3 6y agoRe-read the article. The 'big risk' isn't attacking humans (tho it's a concern), it's destruction of ecology and agriculture. If you're going to dig up and eat the farmers crops, doing at night is worse for the farmer. And there's another farm 100 miles away. Further, there's nothing in the article that indicates the hogs are less efficient at night. Since hogs already have poor eyesight and extremely good smell, there's no reason to believe night is much impediment.