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We have different words for different types of killing. We say “slaughter” when we’re talking about killing a farm animal for food, and “cull” when talking abou
by pdpi 5y ago
We have different words for different types of killing. We say “slaughter” when we’re talking about killing a farm animal for food, and “cull” when talking about killing animals for the purpose of population management. Likewise we have “murder” for intentionally killing a person vs “manslaughter” for an accidental/less-culpable killing, and “euthanise” to describe killing something that is already dying so as to end its suffering.
What the article describes is accurately described as culling, or killing for population control.
- fsckboy 5y agoculling actually means selecting out from a group on the basis of some criteria. harvested lobsters with one claw have less commercial value so they are separated out. They are sold more cheaply and called "culls". A difficult entry level university course in an academic department like Chemical Engineering could be used to cull the class of students down to only those who are serious about pursuing the field; in such a case, the culls are not killed. it's the nature of metonymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy that the word cull can take on extra meanings depending on the context.