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Most farmers kill beavers because they don't want to share the land. Beavers nearly went extinct in North America because of that, and it caused things like the

by jart 5y ago

Most farmers kill beavers because they don't want to share the land. Beavers nearly went extinct in North America because of that, and it caused things like the great dust bowl to happen, because beavers irrigate soil systemically. They're little defenders of the commons. People still haven't learned their lesson, so just having one farmer or two who are willing to lend resources to an enlightened cause is a big step.

b112 5y ago
Most farmers kill beavers because they don't want to share the land. Beavers nearly went extinct in North America because of that, Untrue. Just the gazillion of billions of acres of untamed land, too unusable or too far north (but still fine for beaverkind) makes this an impossible statement. There are literally areas of Canada, where beavers live, larger than some European countries, where no person has stepped in years. Beyond that, there are endless tracts of mountains, in the US and Canada certainly, where there are no farms, just endless millions upon billions of acres of mountain, tree, river, untouched. The only thing which could have caused the potential extinction of beaver, would be trapping for pelts, something not really done in serious quantity for 150 years. And in the time prior to that, there were not enough people, certainly in Canada, to trap beaver to extinction. Only local regions had their beaver populations killed off by farmer. Any claim you hear/read otherwise is malarky.
throwawaycities 5y ago
> Most farmers kill beavers because they don't want to share the land. Beavers nearly went extinct in North America because of that Wasn’t it the commercial fur trade that was responsible for the devastation of the North American beaver population and not farmers settling the lands impacted by the dust bowl. I think the commercial fur trade entered decline nearly 50 years before widespread settlement/farming of those lands and had already pushed the beaver populations to remote areas in the wilderness.

by jart 5y ago

b112 5y ago

Most farmers kill beavers because they don't want to share the land. Beavers nearly went extinct in North America because of that, Untrue. Just the gazillion of billions of acres of untamed land, too unusable or too far north (but still fine for beaverkind) makes this an impossible statement. There are literally areas of Canada, where beavers live, larger than some European countries, where no person has stepped in years. Beyond that, there are endless tracts of mountains, in the US and Canada certainly, where there are no farms, just endless millions upon billions of acres of mountain, tree, river, untouched. The only thing which could have caused the potential extinction of beaver, would be trapping for pelts, something not really done in serious quantity for 150 years. And in the time prior to that, there were not enough people, certainly in Canada, to trap beaver to extinction. Only local regions had their beaver populations killed off by farmer. Any claim you hear/read otherwise is malarky.

throwawaycities 5y ago

> Most farmers kill beavers because they don't want to share the land. Beavers nearly went extinct in North America because of that Wasn’t it the commercial fur trade that was responsible for the devastation of the North American beaver population and not farmers settling the lands impacted by the dust bowl. I think the commercial fur trade entered decline nearly 50 years before widespread settlement/farming of those lands and had already pushed the beaver populations to remote areas in the wilderness.