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In an adversarial legal system, no one represents "externalities". Parts of Australia have a deer problem, but despite cultivating a reputation for deadly anim
by hyperpallium2 5y ago
In an adversarial legal system, no one represents "externalities".
Parts of Australia have a deer problem, but despite cultivating a reputation for deadly animals, most of it lacks large terrestrial predators, so introducing wolves is an even harder sell than in the US.
It also has prior historical experience with introducing a species to address a previously introduced species, which then becomes a problem itself: foxes for rabbits; cane toads for cane beetles. cue Simpsons
- ecdavis 5y agoFoxes were introduced to Australia for sport hunting, not to control the rabbit population. The presence of rabbits likely helped foxes spread across Australia. I agree with your point, though.
- dredmorbius 5y agoEven the Devil was given his Advocate... Interesting observation.
- _carbyau_ 5y agoThere was also dung beetles :https://www.csiro.au/en/research/animals/livestock/dung-beetles https://www.csiro.au/en/research/animals/livestock/dung-beet... Which by most peoples measure, was a success. I don't agree with this "Swallowed a spider to catch the fly" approach though.